[Dhaka Tribune] The court has also acquitted 16 others, including prime accused BNP leader Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar. A Feni court sentenced 39 people to death on Tuesday for the audacious 2014 killing of Fulgazi upazila chairman, Ekramul Haque.The verdicts were handed down at the District and Sessions Judge Court in Dhaka by Judge Aminul Haque, who acquitted 16 others including the prime accused BNP leader, Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar.
Ekramul was rubbed out in broad daylight in Feni town on May 20, 2014, while travelling to his upazila office from his Masterpara residence.
His attackers intercepted the microbus he was on and fired at him from close range before setting the vehicle on fire. They expeditiously departed at a goodly pace only after confirming the death of Ekramul, who was also the president of the local Awami League unit.
The next day his brother, Rezaul Haque Jasim, filed a murder case against BNP leader Minar and 30-35 unidentified people with Feni model cop shoppe.