Oishee pleads for acquittal

Oishee Rahman, who was sentenced to death on November 12 for killing her parents, yesterday filed an appeal with the High Court seeking acquittal of the charges.

Oishee killed her parents -- Mahfuzur Rahman, inspector of Special Branch of Police, and mother Swapna Rahman -- in cold blood in 2013 and somebody “supported” her in the murders, said a speedy trial tribunal in Dhaka court in the judgment, adding that her execution would be carried out if the HC upholds the verdict.

Oishee's lawyer Masud Rana told The Daily Star that his client in her appeal also challenged the trial proceedings of the case saying that the speedy trial tribunal cannot try a child as Oishee was 17 years old during the killing incident. She also prayed to the HC to grant her bail.

The HC is yet to fix any date for hearing the appeal, he added.