DHAKA: The full text of the High Court verdict that upheld death sentence for 15 people in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case.

The verdict copy was published on the Supreme Court website on Monday (Nov 19).

On August 22 last year, the HC upheld death penalty of 15 convicted persons, including three former top Rab officials and expelled Awami League leader Nur Hossain, for their involvement in conspiracy, abduction and killing of seven Narayanganj men in 2014.

The judges, however, commuted the capital punishment of 11 others to life imprisonment -- all of whom were sentenced to death by a Narayanganj Court in the murder case. They also upheld jail terms of nine others for various terms ranging from seven to 17 years.

Seven people, including Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker, were abducted from the Dhaka-Narayanganj link road on April 27, 2014. Later, their bodies were found floating in the Shitalakkhya river.

BDST: 1644 HRS, NOV 19, 2018
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