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Taken aback by verdict

TUHIN SHUBHRA ADHIKARY, from Ctg
Before reading out the verdicts in the arms haul cases yesterday, the judge had called out for Hazi Abdus Sobhan, as the accused who was on bail was not in the courtroom.
The court staff shouted out his name too, but still there was no trace of him. The judge then asked a cop to produce him before the court and it
was complied with instantly. Sobhan was just roaming outside with his family members.
The 60-year-old was put inside the dock with other accused waiting for their judgement.
Out on bail since 2009, Sobhan was hopeful that he would be acquitted and living a free life like the other accused on bail.
To much of his surprise, Sobhan was awarded death penalty along with 13 others for smuggling, and a life term for possessing illegal arms.
Son of late Abdul Khayer of South Shah Mirpur village under Karnaphuli Police Station in Chittagong, Sobhan initially could not hear the verdict in the noisy, jam-packed courtroom.
But when he did, the man clad in shirt and lungi stood speechless with blank look on his face.
The court in its short verdict did not explain why Sobhan had been given the death penalty. It surprised so many.
The news was more shocking to Sobhan's daughter. She fell unconscious. Her brother Osman met a dilemma whether to worry for his father or look after the sister.
"My father is innocent. But what happened [the punishment] today is totally unfathomable to us," said Osman with eyes full of tears.
"My father is just the owner of a trawler [that had been hired to carry boxes of arms from a ship]. He didn't even know what he was carrying in his boat," added the son.
According to the charge sheet, local smuggler Hafizur Rahman, one of the prime accused in the arms haul cases who has also been given the capital punishment, hired Sobhan and his trawler to carry "goods". Sobhan was also asked to hire labourers for the unloading.
As per the contract, Sobhan accompanied Hafizur when the latter with his accomplices went into the deep sea to bring arms, says the charge sheet.