Shafiur Rahman Farabi, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the high-profile murder case of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, has been released on bail.
Farabi walked out of Kashimpur High Security Central Jail at 10:15am today, confirmed Senior Jail Superintendent Abdullah Al Mamun.
"Last night, we received the bail-related documents from the High Court. He was released this morning after verification," the jail superintendent said.
The High Court had granted bail to Farabi on July 30, following an appeal filed on his behalf.
Avijit Roy, a US-based Bangladeshi writer-blogger, was hacked to death near Dhaka University`s TSC on February 26, 2015, as he and his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya were leaving the Ekushey Book Fair. Bonya was critically injured while trying to shield her husband.
Avijit`s father, Prof Ajoy Roy, filed a case with Shahbagh Police Station the following day against unidentified assailants.
After years of trial, a Dhaka tribunal on February 16, 2021, sentenced five members of banned militant group Ansar al Islam to death and handed Farabi a life term.
Those given the death penalty are: Sayed Mohammad Ziaul Haque alias (sacked) Major Zia, Akram Hossain, Abu Siddiq Sohel, Mozammel Hossain Saimon, and Arafat Rahman Siam. Of them, Major Zia and Akram remain absconding.
