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2 killers of Yasmeen walk gallows Sept 1

RAFIQUE SARKER, Rangpur
Two of the three former policemen convicted of raping and killing Yasmeen would be hanged at Rangpur Central Jail at September 1 midnight.
A life-sentenced prisoner brought from Jessore Central Jail, assisted by two inmates of Rangpur jail, will act as the hangman of former police constable Abdus Sattar and assistant subinspector Moinul Hoque, said Senior Jail Superintendent of Rangpur Azizul Hoque.
Death sentence of the third convict, former police constable Omrito Lal, cannot be executed on the day, as the president is yet to respond to the mercy petition his father Laksmikanto has recently sent, he told The Daily Star yesterday.
Hoque said he has issued letters to the deputy commissioner of Rangpur and relatives of Sattar and Moinul informing them of the date of the execution.
Jailer of Rangpur Central Jail Mosaddeque Hossain Khandoker said, as customary, the district magistrate,
superintendent of police and civil surgeon would be present during the execution.
THE CRIME
The three former policemen were sentenced to death by hanging for the sensational gang rape and killing of a 13-year-old girl, Yasmeen, at Dosh Mile Roa in Dinajpur on the night of September 24, 1995. The ill-starred teenager was on her way back home at Golapbag in Dinajpur town from Dhaka.
After the horrendous crime, Dinajpur Kotwali police even tried to protect their fellows by diverting the course of investigation, sparking off instant popular agitation and grievance in the district.
People in masses brought out protest processions, held rallies and besieged the police station on August 26 and 27, 1995. To bring the situation
under control, police opened fire on the demonstrators killing seven of them.
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VICTIMS' VOICE
Yasmeen's mother and kin, relatives of the seven killed by police and locals have shown mixed reactions at the news that two of the rapists are going to be hanged, for which they are happy.
But most of them also demand punishment of the police personnel responsible for the shooting on August 26 and 27 in 1995 on innocent people resulting in the seven deaths. The relatives of the dead also complained the government did not keep its commitment to rehabilitate the bereaved families.
Referring to a statement of the then home minister, Rafiqul Islam, in parliament, Monoranjon Shil, vice president of Dinajpur district Jatiya Party, told The Daily Star Friday the commitment to employ one member of each of the seven families is yet to be kept by the government. The affected families are still in dire straits, he added.
Rezia, wife of Siraj, one of the seven killed in police fire, said suffering from financial woes she had to send two of his sons to Rajbari Orphanage in Dinajpur. Every day heralds new hardships for her, as she has no one to support her.
Yasmeen's mother Sharifa said she is glad to know that two of the convicts are going to be executed, justly. The policemen who killed the seven townsmen must also be punished, she added.
Sharifa is also dissatisfied over the insincerity of the department responsible for taking care of the Yasmeen memorial plaque at Dosh Mile Roa. "It's nearly ruined now. The department concerned doesn't care for it at all," she complained.
Mamotaz Begum, a women leader of Dinajpur town, even alleged that a vested group, which wants to erase the memory of Yasmeen from the mind of Dinajpur's people, tried to remove the memorial plaque from Dosh Mile Roa.