Gazipur Jubo League leader murder: High Court verdict tomorrow

The High Court will deliver its verdict tomorrow on appeal petitions of the 2003 sensational Jubo League leader Jalal Uddin Sarkar murder case of Gazipur, in which 11 people were sentenced to death by the trial court in 2015.

The bench of Justice Shahidul Karim and Justice Md Akhtaruzzaman set the date recently after concluding hearing on the death reference and appeals in the case, Deputy Attorney General Bashir Ahmed told The Daily Star.

He said Jalal Uddin, then Jubo League president of Kapasia upazila unit in Gazipur, was hacked to death at Balkhela Bazar area on August 17, 2003 following a political dispute.

On November 30, 2015 a Gazipur court sentenced 11 people to death for killing Jalal.

Six of the 11 convicts are in jail and rest are absconding.

The six convicts, who are now in jail, are Farhad Hossain, Md Belayet Hossain Baltu, Md Ataur Rahman, Md Jaynal Abedin, Faruque Hossain and Md Abdul Alim. They filed separate appeals with the HC challenging the lower court verdict.

The absconding convicts are -- Halim Fakir, Joj Mia, Mahbubur Rahman, Nurul Amin and Jewel.