Verdict on blogger Ananta murder case March 30

A Sylhet tribunal will deliver the judgement in the murder case of writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy Das on March 30.

Judge Nurul Amin Biplob of the Sylhet Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal set the date after hearing arguments were completed, according to Muminur Rahman Titu, the court's special public prosecutor.

Ananta was brutally murdered on his way to work with his sister on May 12, 2015 near his Subidbazar home in Sylhet.

Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a banned militant group, claimed responsibility for the murder.

The next day, Ananta's brother Ratneswar Das filed a murder case with the Sylhet Airport Police Station, accusing certain unnamed individuals, and the inquiry was eventually handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

The charge sheet was filed by Arman Ali, a CID inspector and the case's investigation officer, on October 18, 2016, however the court rejected it and ordered CID to reinvestigate the case and prepare a supplementary charge sheet, which was filed in May of 2017.

Shafiur Rahman Farabi, Mannan Yahya alias Mannan Rahi, Abul Khaer Rashid Ahmed, Abul Hossain alias Abul Hussain, Harunur Rashid, and Faisal Ahmed are among those charged.

Farabi and Abul Khaer are in jail, while Mannan Yahya, the lone suspect who confessed to the crime, is still at large.