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First one on death row in acid crime tribunal

STAFF CORRESPONDENT,Chittagong
The Tribunal for Acid Crime Control, Chittagong yesterday sentenced one person to death in the first verdict under the Acid Crime Control Act, 2002.
The acting judge of the tribunal, District and Sessions Judge Abdur Rahman Patoari also fined the convicted, Md Alamgir, Tk 1 lakh. In default, his property will be attached.
The court also ordered that the penalty money be given to the vic
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tim, 21-year-old Hasan Murad as compensation, and directed the district collectorate to realise the money.
The 25-year-old convict, son of Abdul Quader of Marium Nagar Village in Rangunia, was found guilty as he seriously burnt Hasan Murad and Hasan's cousin Shawkat Hossain Aquib, throwing acid on them in connection with an extramarital affair.
According to the deposition of the case, Hasan Murad along with his cousin Shawkat fell victim to the acid attack on August 5, 2002, evening for protesting Alamgir's extra-marital affair with his (Hasan Murad) aunt.
Hasan Murad had been taking care of the family of his maternal uncle Abdun Nabi, father of Shawkat and an expatriate to Dubai.
Alamgir, a distant relative of Abdun Nabi, developed an extramarital relationship with Nabi's wife Ayesha Bibi. Having learnt of the affair, Nabi requested his elder sister Sabura Khatun to send her son Hasan Murad to stay with his
family at Jaliapara village under Rangunia upazila.
Since Hasan Murad arrived to stay with his uncle's family, he became an enemy of Alamgir, who sprayed acid on Hasan while he was returning from a nearby shop on that day (August 5, 2002). The acid also burnt Aquib, Hasan's cousin and the only son of Ayesha.
The victims were first admitted to the local health complex and later shifted to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH). Both of them are now undergoing treatment at the Acid Survivors Foundation in Dhaka.
Following the incident, Hasan's uncle Md. Rafiqul Alam filed a case with Rangunia PS on August 6 and the accused, Md. Alamgir Hossain was arrested from Lohagara on August 17.
Rangunia police submitted the charge sheet against Alamgir to the Rangunia Upazila Magistrate's Court on September 9.
The case was transferred to the newly formed Acid Crime Control Tribunal in Chittagong on October 21 where the charge was framed on
October 24.
The Tribunal recorded evidences of 14 witnesses including that of the two victims, and disposed off the case after twelve hearings, within two months of the beginning of the trial.
The judge in his 32-page verdict said that the accused badly maimed Hasan Murad. Young Hasan is now a burden to his family and he even might die. So, the court awarded the death penalty to the accused.
The death penalty was given so that such crimes do not destroy any more lives.
District PP advocate Mohammad Kafil Uddin Chowdhury moved the case for the state, while former PP advocate Alhaj Nuruchhafa Talukder appeared for the accused.
The lawyers of the Bangladesh Society for Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR), Chittagong unit, Advocate Zia Habib Ahsan and Advocate Sharif Uddin monitored the case while the BSEHR, Rangunia unit, investigated it.