A Feni court sentenced 39 people to death on Tuesday for the audacious 2014 killing of Fulgazi upazila chairman, Ekramul Haque. The verdicts were handed down at the District and Sessions Judge Court in Dhaka by Judge Aminul Haque, who acquitted 16 others including the prime accused BNP leader, Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar. Ekramul was shot dead in broad daylight in Feni town on May 20, 2014, while travelling to his upazila office from his Masterpara residence. They fled the scene only after confirming the death of Ekramul, who was also the president of the local Awami League unit. One of the key accused, Md Sohel alias Ruti Sohel, was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion in July last year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 13, 2018 10:07 UTC