Bangladesh Court Upholds Death Sentence over Teen Burned Alive
The court also reduced four death sentences to life terms and acquitted 10 defendants in the case that sparked nationwide protests.
- On Aug 24, a Bangladesh appeals court upheld the death sentences for former headteacher Siraj-Ud-Dowlah and a co-conspirator in the murder of student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.
- After Nusrat reported Siraj-Ud-Dowlah for sexual harassment at her Islamic school in Feni, he burned her alive; she suffered burns to 80 per cent of her body and died four days later.
- While a previous court sentenced 16 to death, the high court on Aug 24 acquitted 10 defendants and reduced four death sentences to life imprisonment, rebuking the lower court for "wholesale death sentences."
- Nusrat's death triggered nationwide outrage, with protesters in Dhaka staging demonstrations seeking "exemplary punishment," while her older brother, Mahmudul Hasan, reported "receiving messages threatening retaliation."
- Attorney General Ruhul Quddus Kazal told the court the attackers tied Nusrat's hands and legs before using kerosene to ensure her death, underscoring the case's brutality and judicial scrutiny.
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A former principal of an Islamic school in Bangladesh who burned to death a female student after she reported sexual harassment to the police has been sentenced to death in his appeal trial as well. According to AFP and Asia News Network (ANN) on the 25th (local time), the Bangladesh Court of Appeals sentenced former principal SM Shiraz-ud-Dawla and his associate, who were charged with murder, to death the previous day, the same sentence as in t…
Bangladesh court upholds death sentence over teen burned alive
A Bangladesh appeals court upheld Monday the death sentence for an ex-headteacher who burned alive a teen student who accused him of sexual harassment, in a case that shocked the country.The court also maintained the death penalty for a co-conspirator in the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, while 10 other defendants were acquitted.The teen, who...
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AlKhaleej TodayBangladesh court upholds two death sentences and reduces four in case of teen burned alive
DHAKA, Aug 24 — A Bangladesh appeals court upheld today the death sentence for an ex-headteacher who burned alive a teen student who accused him of sexual harassment, in a case that shocked the country.The court also maintained the death penalty for a co-conspirator in the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, while 10 other defendants were acquitted.The teen, who was doused in kerosene and set on fire after she made the harassment complaint against the …
Bangladeshi justice acquitted Monday on appeal for lack of evidence 10 of the 16 people sentenced to death in 2019 for the murder of a 19-year-old woman who had filed a sexual harassment complaint against the head of her Koranic school.
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