HC to deliver verdict tomorrow

The High Court will deliver its verdict tomorrow in the case filed in connection with the murder of Japanese national Kunio Hoshi in 2015.

The bench of Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman and Justice SM Masud Hossain Dolon yesterday fixed the date after concluding hearing on the death reference (trial court documents) and appeals filed by the convicts against the lower court verdict against them.

Kunio Hoshi (66) was shot dead at Alutari village of Kaunia upazila in Rangpur on October 3 in 2015.

A Rangpur court on February 28, 2017 handed down death penalties to five JMB militants for the killing.

The convicts are: Rangpur region military commander of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Masud Rana Mamun, Ishaque Ali, Liton Mia Rafiq, Shakhawat Hossain, and Ahsanullah Ansari Biplob.

All but Ansari are in custody at present.