Every dead soul seeks justice: the judge

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A court has sentenced 3 people including Aziz Mohammad Bhai alias Abdul Aziz to life term imprisonment in the murder case of popular actor Sohail Chowdhury, who was murdered 25 years ago.

The other two accused are Trumps Club owner Afaqul Islam alias Bunty Islam and Adnan Siddiqui.

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In addition to life imprisonment, the accused were sentenced to a fine of Tk. two lakh each and 1 month's imprisonment in default of payment of fine.

On Thursday (May 9) at noon, the court of Judge Arunabh Chakraborty of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 announced this verdict. 6 persons were acquitted as the guilt was not proved beyond doubt.

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The acquitted are Ashish Roy Chowdhury alias Bottle Chowdhury, Tariq Saeed Mamun, Farooq Abbasi, Sanjidul Islam Imon, Salim Khan and Haroon Or Rashid alias Leather Litton alias Boss Litton.

In observation of the judgment, the judge said that the case docket (CD) of this case was not found. The CD is believed to have been lost. Adnan Siddiqui was caught from the spot. Witnesses have testified but it is more like saving lives. Sohail Chowdhury was not an infamous person. He was murdered. But the manager of Trump's club said that one person named Sohel Chowdhury has been shot. Many of those who gave evidence to the police died. So it was not possible to test them. The magistrates who took the statement also did not appear in court to testify. Those who testified were also biased and tried to hide the truth.

He said that the cases were left untried for so many years and had an adverse effect on the people. Every dead soul wants justice. Adnan Siddiqui named some in his confession but spared himself. He who can testify with his own life can also implicate others. However, no evidence has been recovered from those whose names are mentioned. Adnan Siddiqui said that if even one of the persons mentioned by Adnan Siddiqui was not there or if one person was included, it would not be right to give capital punishment to the accused, even though there was reason to believe that they were there.

On behalf of the state, Dhaka Metropolitan Public Prosecutor Abdullah Abu said, "If we get the full copy of the verdict in the Sohel Chowdhury murder case, we will see if there has been any violation of the law." Then decide whether to appeal against this judgment or not?

Farooq Ahmad, the lawyer for the accused Emon, said, "We are very happy with the verdict." Accused Emon was in jail for 16 years in this case. Accused Emon was not involved in this case in any way. He was kept in jail for 16 years for no reason. That's why we are happy; the accused Emon has been acquitted. The court did justice.