The death reference in the sensational Rifat Sharif murder case reached the High Court on Sunday.
Officials of the Barguna court brought the judgment and the other documents of the case to the HC as a death reference for the trial court verdict to be examined that sentenced 6 accused including the victim's wife to death.
Jahangir Alam Piku, office assistant of Barguna District and Sessions Judge Court, confirmed the matter to The Business Post.
On September 30, a Barguna court sentenced six people including Aysha Siddika Minni to death for murdering Rifat Sharif.
The court also acquitted four others in the sensational murder.
District and Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman delivered the verdict around 1:45pm on Wednesday (September 30)
The victim's wife Aysha Siddika Minni and other convicts were present in the dock while the verdict was being read out.
Earlier on September 15, the court finished recording testimonies of 14 juvenile accused in the case.
Rifat, 22, son of Dulal Sharif, was hacked to death in broad daylight in the district town on June 26 last year.
He was attacked near the main gate of Barguna Government College. Surveillance camera footage showed his wife Minni apparently trying to save him.
Twenty-four people were accused in the murder case filed by Rifat’s father. Minni, initially named as a witness, was later arrested on July 16 last year and made an accused.
Sabbir Ahmed alias Nayon Bond, the main accused, was killed in an alleged gunfight with police on July 2.
Indictment
A Barguna court on January 1 indicted Minni and nine others for Rifat’s murder. District and Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman framed charges.
The other accused are – Rakibul Hasan Rifat Farazi, 23, Al Kaiyum alias Akon, 21, Mohaiminul Islam Sifat, 19, Rezwan Ali Khan Hridoy, 22, Md Hasan, 19, Md Musa, 22, Rafiul Islam Rabbi, 20, Md Sagor, 19, Kamrul Islam Saimun, 21.
The High Court on August 29 last year granted bail to Minni on condition that she would remain in her father’s custody and refrain from talking to the media.
Meanwhile, 14 other underage accused are currently being tried separately at a juvenile court over Rifat’s murder.
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