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Murder of baby Ratna

Two to die, two get life

Staff Correspondent
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-1, Dhaka, yesterday sentenced two persons to death and two others to life imprisonment in the baby Ratna murder case.
Mohammad Rubel and Mohammad Yunus were awarded the death penalty and the tribunal also fined them Tk 50,000 each.
The convicts sentenced to life imprisonment are Mohammad Ibrahim and Zakir Hossain. Zakir has been absconding since the murder of Ratna inside an under
construction building at south Manda under Sabujbagh thana on August 8, 2002.
Ibrahim and Zakir have also been fined Tk 50,000 each and will have to suffer rigorous imprisonment for another year in case of default. Zakir's jail sentence will be counted from the day of his arrest or surrender.
The convicts can appeal to the High Court Division within seven days against the verdict.
The accused killed rickshawpuller Enamul Khan's daughter Ratna to take revenge on the fam-
ily, following an enmity that developed over a quarrel between two minor playmates.
Ratna's mother slapped her playmate Imon triggering a strife between the two families. Imon's brother Rubel along with Yunus, Ibrahim and Zakir killed Ratna by cutting her throat.
Judge Shahed Noor Uddin handed down the 28-page verdict in presence of three of the four accused
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at 12:55pm in the crowded court room with beefed up security.
The judge in the highlights of the verdict termed the crime a gruesome one.
The judge also said society and courts expect a halt to the recurrence of such crimes.
" Reviewing the confessional statements of the accused, I found it logical to award the capital punishment to the mastermind of the incident Rubel and slaughterer Yunus," Shahed Noor Uddin said.
Hearing the judgement Rubel fainted while two other convicts Yunus and Ibrahim broke into tears.
The tribunal announced the verdict after examining 19 out of the 39 prosecution witnesses.
Special Public Prosecutor (PP) Abdul Latif Talukder moved for the state while Advocate Shahid defended Rubel and Yunus, Advocate Shahjahan Hawlader moved for Ibrahim and state defence lawyer Emdadul Haq Lal for absconding Zakir.
"Criminals will think twice before committing such crimes even against the poor like us," said Javed Sheikh, brother-in-law of Ratna's father, after hearing the judgement. "Despite being poor we've ultimately got justice," he added.
Javed, a cook in the MP hostel, said the poor parents of Ratna, now living at Alfadanga in Faridpur district, could not come to Dhaka to hear the judgement as they were unable to bear the travel costs.