Four death-row convicts including sacked madrasa principal Siraj Ud Doula in Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case file separate appeals with the High Court seeking their acquittal.

Twelve out of 16 convicts who were awarded to capital punishment in madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi killing case were shifted to Cumilla Central Jail from Feni District Jail.

An official of a Feni court has started for High Court to hand over the death references of all the 16 convicts in Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case.

The death references of 16 convicts in Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case are ready to be sent to the High Court. “The death references have been prepared. We’re optimistic about sending them to the High Court on Tuesday for approval of the verdict,” said Feni Judge’s Court Public Prosecutor Hafez Ahmed.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam says the verdict delivered in Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case is a “milestone”.

All the 16 convicts will challenge their death penalty awarded by a Feni court in Nusrat murder case.

Expressing satisfaction over the verdict in Nusrat murder case, her brother Mahmudul Hasan Noman today demanded immediate execution of the judgement.

All 16 accused including sacked madrasa principal Siraj Ud Doula and Awami League leader Ruhul Amin are awarded death penalty for killing Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was set on fire in April this year.

The High Court admits for hearing an appeal filed by former officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain seeking bail in a case filed on charges of recording a statement of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and circulating the video clip on social media.

A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday framed charges against suspended Sonagazi OC Moazzem Hossain over filming Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s statement and circulating the footage on social media without her consent.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to conduct an enquiry against the Sonagazi Islamia Fazil Madrasa’s Governing Body chairman, in connection with the sexual harassment and murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

The High Court has directed the government to conduct an enquiry against Feni Additional District Magistrate PKM Enamul Karim, also the president of the governing body of Sonagazi Islamia Fazil Madrasa, in connection to sexual harassment and killing of its student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

The High Court yesterday observed that some deputy commissioners and officers-in-charge of police stations consider themselves as “zamindars” and act as if they are “all in all”.

Md Shamim, an accused in madrasa student Nusrat murder case, has been placed on a five-day remand by a Feni court.

Members of Police Bureau of Investigation arrest Abdul Kader, 25, an FIR-named accused in Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case, from Dhaka.

The brutal killing of Nusrat Jahan Rafi could have been avoided had the local administration and the madrasa governing body taken necessary steps on time, National Human Rights Commission said in its probe report yesterday.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) finds negligence of the police, administration and madrasa management in the death of Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrests another youth in connection with the murder of Feni madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

A team of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has arrested two more close aides of madrasa Principal Siraj Uddoula in a case filed for sexually assaulting Alim examinee Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

A group of people stage a demonstration in Dhaka demanding justice for Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a madrasa student in Feni who was burned to death for protesting sexual assault.