Court to deliver verdict on January 30
A Dhaka court yesterday set January 30 for the delivery of verdict in the Eskaton double-murder case.
The case was filed in 2015 against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of former Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan.
Judge Md Monjurul Imam of the Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's court fixed the date.
Defence lawyer Kazi Nazibullah Hiro argued that the prosecution has failed to prove the charges against his client and sought Rony's acquittal.
On the other hand, Additional Public Prosecutor SM Zahid sought capital punishment for Rony, saying that all charges brought against him were proven.
Earlier, on April 10 last year, another Dhaka court had set May 8, 2018, for delivering verdict in the case.
Later, the case was transferred to the court of Judge Md Monjurul Imam as the previous court "felt embarrassed to hear the case".
On April 13, 2015, a heavily intoxicated Rony fired gunshots from his car on Dilu Road of New Eskaton in the capital, injuring rickshaw-puller Abdul Hakim and auto-rickshaw driver Yakub, who succumbed to their injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on April 15 and April 23.
Hakim's mother Monowara Begum filed the case.
On July 21, 2015, detectives pressed murder charges against Rony, while clearing his driver from the charges.
Rony landed in jail after a Dhaka court on July 2, 2015, rejected his bail plea.
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