Mafizul Islam Bappi, 16, a ninth-grader of Platinum Jute Mill School in Khalishpur was beaten to death on the school premises on October 10, 2010A Khulna court on Wednesday sentenced a man to death and five others to life imprisonment for killing schoolboy named Mafizul Islam Bappi in 2010. Mohammad Rocky was sentenced to death while Nazrul, Rabiul, al Amin, Milon and Mujib Hawladar got life imprisonment. The court also acquitted two other accused—Ibrahim alias Bahadur and Mohammad Hasan—as allegations brought against them could not be proven. According to the prosecution, Mafizul Islam Bappi, 16, a ninth-grader of Platinum Jute Mill School in Khalishpur was beaten to death by some miscreants while he and his friend Raju were sitting on the school premises on October 10, 2010. Hafizur Rahman, brother of Bappi, filed a case at Khalishpur police station the following day.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 30, 2020 08:15 UTC