Oishee's death reference reaches High Court

The death reference in a case filed for killing police official Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife reached the High Court yesterday for examining the verdict that sentenced their daughter Oishee Rahman to death.

Officials of the Dhaka court concerned brought the documents of the case, including the judgment, to the HC.

The HC authorities will now prepare paper books for hearing the death reference, and then the chief justice will assign HC judges to hold the hearing, said Sabbir Foez, HC's additional registrar.

On August 16, 2013, the bodies of Mahfuzur, inspector of Special Branch of Police, and his wife Swapna Rahman were recovered from their Chamelibagh house in the capital.

A Dhaka court on November 12 this year found their daughter Oishee guilty of killing her parents and sentenced her to death.

Meanwhile, Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, on Wednesday, asked the death reference section of the HC to quickly prepare the paper books of the death references in other cases filed for killing 13-year-old boys Sheikh Md Samiul Alam Rajon and Rakib for their early hearing.

The death references in the cases reached the HC on November 9 for examining the verdicts that sentenced six people to death.

A Sylhet court on November 5 sentenced four people, including prime accused Quamrul Islam, to death for beating Rajon to death on July 8 this year.

A Khulna court the same day gave death penalty to Omar Sharif and his uncle Mintu Khan for killing Rakib by pumping air into his rectum on August 3.