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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by the sole convict, pleading to reviewits judgement in a case lodged over the murder of Noakhali madrasa student Arafat Hossain.
The Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order, after holding hearing on a plea seeking review of the Appellate Division judgement that upheld the death sentence of convicted killer Md Zahangir.
Advocates Jainul Abedin and ABM Bayejid argued for the plea, while Deputy Attorney General Biswajit Debnath stood for the state.
The apex court on July 8, 2021, upheld the High Court judgement that maintained the initial judgement of the lower court, convicting and sentencing Zahangir to death.
According to the case documents, Zahangir took Arafat Hossain, 9, a student of Maijdi Nurani Hafijia Madrasa and son of Babul Khan of village Gopinathpur under Sudharam Police Station of Noakhali, to a nearby graveyard and brutally hacked the child to death.
Arafat’s father filed the case and the police arrested him soon.
Zahangir later gave confessional statement under section 164, saying he killed Arafat as he had a long standing dispute with Arafat’s father.
Noakhali District and Sessions Judge Court on July 28, 2008, convicted and sentenced Zahangir to death. After holding hearing on his death reference and jail appeal, the High Court on November 18, 2013, scraped his plea and upheld Zahangir’s death sentence.
