Paper book of Biswajit murder case ready

The authorities concerned of the High Court have prepared the paper book of sensational Biswajit Das murder case.

The paper book has been prepared on priority basis under instruction from the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha so that the case is settled quickly, Sabbir Faiz, additional registrar (admin) of the HC told the Daily Star.

A paper book contains all the details of a case, trial proceedings, statements, evidence, verdicts and other documents. The book is necessary for the HC to hear and dispose of a death reference or an appeal.

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Sabbir Faiz also said the convicts of the case have filed 14 appeals with the HC challenging the lower court verdict against them in the case.

On December 18, 2013, a Dhaka court sentenced eight BCL activists to death and 13 others to life imprisonment for killing tailor Biswajit Das.

Biswajit Das, 24, was hacked to death in public on his way to his tailoring shop at Shakharibazar in Old Dhaka during the opposition's countrywide road-blockade programme on December 9, 2012.

Mistaking him for a blockader, the BCL activists of Jagannath University unit swooped on him in front of Bahadur Shah Park and hacked him with machetes and beat him with iron rods and hockey sticks.

Police pressed charges against the 21 accused on March 5, 2013 and the tribunal framed charges against them on June 2 of that year.

Of the convicts, eight are now in jail while 13 others on the run.