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Bangladesh court sentences 26 to death for 2014 Narayanganj murders

One of the victim's family claimed that former Narayanganj councillor Nur Hossain paid 60 million Taka to senior officers of the local Rapid Action Battilion (RAB) unit to carry out the murders.

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26 people, including a former city councillor extradited from India, were on Monday sentenced to death by a Bangladeshi court for the 2014 brutal murders of seven people in Narayanganj.

Former Narayanganj councillor Nur Hossain and former Bangladesh Army Lt Col Tarek Sayeed are among the 26 people who have been given the death penalty for the 2014 murders. Nine others have been given various terms in prison.

The court of Narayanganj's District and Sessions Judge delivered the verdict in the murders of the victims which included Narayanganj City Councillor Nazrul Islam and lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar, who were abducted from Dhaka-Narayanganj link road in April 2014, bdnews reported. Their bodies were found floating in the Shitalakkhya River several days later.

Hossain, who fled the country to evade the trial, was extradited from India. He is believed to be the mastermind of the murders. West Bengal police arrested Hossain shortly after he fled the country. Border Security Force member handed Hossain over to Border Guard Bangladesh on November 12, 2015 after he was freed from a jail in West Bengal on a court order.

Hossain allegedly bribed several officers of Rapid Action Battilion (RAB), which is mainly commanded by army officers on deputation, for carrying out the murders. A subsequent investigations disclosed that 23 RAB personnel, including a Lt Col and two navy officers, were involved in the abduction and killing of the victims.

The slain councillor's family claimed that Hossain had paid 60 million Taka to senior officers of the local RAB unit to carry out the murders. Both Islam and Hossain belonged to the ruling Awami League.

After the investigation, which took almost a year, police pressed charges against Nur Hossain, three senior officers of the Narayanganj-based RAB battalion and 31 others.

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