HC verdict on Ahsanullah Master killers’ appeals June 15

Ahsanullah Master

The High Court will deliver its verdict on June 15 on acquittal appeals of the convicts in Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master killing case.

The bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice Krishna Debnath fixed the date after concluding hearing on the appeals.

Led by pro-Jatiya Party Jatiya Chhatra Samaj leader Nurul Islam Dipu, gunmen shot and killed Ahsanullah, also the president of Jatiya Sramik League, and Omar Faruq Ratan, a young man, and wounded 17 others in May, 2004 in a staccato burst of fire at a biennial conference of Awami Shechchhasebak League in Noagaon near the legislator's house in Tongi.

On April 16, 2005, a Dhaka court gave death sentences to 22 people and life terms to six others for killing Ahsanullah and also similar punishments to the same convicts for gunning down Ratan.

Talking to The Daily Star on February 4, Deputy Attorney General Rona Nahrin said the convicts, who are now behind bars, have filed appeals with the HC at different times seeking acquittal.