BANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RUSHO MURDER CASE

the Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death and seven others to life term imprisonment in the sensational Rusho murder case. The two sentenced to death are Abdullah Al Mamun and Siddiqur Rahman. The court also fined all the convicts Tk 50,000 each. Siddiqur Rahman was tried in absentia. According to the prosecution, muggers shot dead Arefin Alam Rusho, a BBA graduate from North South University, at city’s Dhanmondi area on May 24, 2007. They also stole Tk 4.45 lakh. After examining the records and witnesses, Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge M Nurul Huda handed down the verdict.