Killing of Indian national Tayebi: SC affirms Yasin's life sentence

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today affirmed its earlier verdict that upheld the life sentence of Yasin Rahman Tito, son of a Chattogram businessman, for his involvement in the murder of Indian citizen Jibran Tayebi in 1999.

Jibran Tayebi, son of TA Khan, a former director general of West Bengal Police, was killed on June 9, 1999 in front of a Chinese restaurant at Agrabad in Chattogram.

Today, a seven-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique dismissed a petition filed by convict Yasin Rahman in 2014, seeking review of its verdict that on August 1, 2012 upheld his life sentence in the murder case.

Other six judges of the bench are Justice Obaidul Hassan, Justice Borhanuddin, Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam, Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim.

Defence lawyer Md Munsurul Hoque Chowdhury and Deputy Attorney General Sujit Chatterjee Bappi told The Daily Star that Yasin, son of Chattogram businessman Khalilur Rahman, has been in jail for more than 12 years.

He will have to serve the rest of his jail term in accordance with the Jail Code of Bangladesh, DAG Bappi said, adding that life imprisonment means 30 years' jail, and Yasin will get around eight years' remission.