Families of slain madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and her convicted killers have carried out simultaneous programs accusing each other of trying to divert the case in Feni.
On Sunday morning, Nusrat’s brother Mahmudul Hasan Noman arranged a press conference at Feni Press Club, where he said that although the court has delivered the verdict based on sufficient proof, certain people are spreading rumors and falsehood to take the case to another direction.
Meanwhile, the family members of the 16 convicts who have been sentenced to death for killing Nusrat formed a human chain on the Press Club premises, demanding the re-investigation of the case. Later, they submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Feni in this regard.
Nusrat, a student of Sonagazi Islamia Dakhil Madrasah, was found burnt at the madrassah complex on April 6, 2019. She died four days later while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Nusrat’s brother Mahmudul filed an attempt to murder case with Sonagazi Police Station on April 8, 2019, which was later converted into a murder case. On October 24, 2019, the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal sentenced a total of 16 people to death in connection with the murder.