RU professor murder: Death sentence on two convicts

There is no bar to execute the two death- row convicts in the Rajshahi University Professor Dr S Taher Ahmed murder case .

There is no bar to execute the two death- row convicts in the Rajshahi University Professor Dr S Taher Ahmed murder case as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has rejected a leave to appeal petition.

A bench headed by Chief justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order on Tuesday, rejecting the leave to appeal petition.

With the order, there is no bar to the execution of the two condemned convicts, and they also got a chance to seek mercy from the President.

The two death-row convicts in the case are Dr Mia Mohammad Mohiuddin, associate professor of Rajshahi University’s Geology and Mining department, and Md Jahangir Alam, caretaker of Professor S Taher’s residence.

Prof Taher’s body was recovered from a drain near his residence, two days after he went missing on February 1, 2006.

On February 3, a murder case was filed at Motihar police station in Rajshahi, following a complaint lodged by his son Sanzid.