Dipon murder case verdict on Feb 10

A Dhaka Court will pronounce judgment in the case lodged over the murder of Jagriti Prokashoni publisher Foysal Arefin Dipon on February 10.

Judge Md Mojibur Rahman fixed the date to deliver the verdict at the end of the case proceedings on Sunday.

Earlier, 23 witnesses out of the total 26 have testified in the case.

The accused are sacked Army Major Ziaul Haque, 50, Moinul Hasan Shamim, 24, Md Abdus Sabur, 23, Khairul Islam, 24, Md Abu Siddique Sohel, 34, Md Mozammel Hossain Saimon, 25, Md Sheikh Abdullah, 27, and Akram Hossain alias Hasib, 28.

Of the eight, six already have given confessional statements in the case.

Jagriti Prokashoni publisher Dipon was hacked to death at his Aziz Super Market office on November 31, 2016.

His wife Rajia Rahman filed the case on that day with Shahbagh police station.

Investigation officer and detective branch assistant police commissioner Fazlur Rahman on November 15 in 2018, submitted the charge sheet against eight accused.