A speedy trial tribunal in Dhaka will deliver its verdict in the one of the organisers of Shahbag Projonmo Chattar movement and blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder case today. 

Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 Judge Syed Ahmed will announce the verdict at noon on Thursday.

Earlier, Judge Syed Ahmed passed the order on completion of law point arguments from both prosecution and defence sides.

Seven accused, out of eight, were present in the dock during the hearing, reports UNB, a local news agency.

Special public prosecutor Mahbubur Rhman said, ‘We expect the highest punishment for the accused as we’ve been able to prove the allegations brought against them though evidence and arguments.’

Meanwhile, the defence counsel alleged that there is no eyewitness in the case, and hoped that all the accused will be acquitted.

Earlier on 11 May, Judge Ruhul Amin of Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court transferred the case to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 for its quick disposal.

On 19 March, the court indicted eight people–Shaikhul Hadith Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani, chief of Ansarullah Bangla Team, former students of North South University (NSU) Faisal Bin Nayeem alias Dipu, Maksudul Hasan alias Anik, Mohammad Ehsan Reza alias Rumman, Nayeem Sikder alias Irad, Nafir Imtiaz, Sadman Yasir Mahmud, and Redwanul Azad alias Rana–in the blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder case.

On 5 February 2013, Ahmed Rajib Haider, an activist of Ganajagarn Mancha, was stabbed to death near his house at Mirpur Palash Nagar in the capital.