3 to walk gallows over Mirpur Bangla College student murder

A special court has sentenced three people to death in a case lodged over the abduction and murder of Mirpur Bangla College student Nurul Amin in 2022.

The convicts are Md Ariful Islam, Md Imran Hossain and Md Yamin Mollah.

Judge Masud Karim of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 pronounced the judgment in the presence of Ariful and Imran on Tuesday. 

Yamin, who was still at large after coming out of jail on bail, was tried in absentia. The court also issued an arrest warrant against him on the same day.

Nurul Amin Topu went missing and his uncle filed a general diary regarding this with Darus Salam Police Station on January 2, 2022.

After that, the abductors called him and demanded Taka one crore in ransom. Detective Branch (DB) on January 4, managed to detain three abductors. The three in primary interrogation, confessed to abducting and later killing Topu in Imran's Mirpur Beribadh house.

The three accused later gave confessional statements at the court also.