A Dhaka court is set to deliver its verdict in the murder case of model Syeda Tania Mahbub Tinni on Monday (November 15).
Additional District and Sessions Judge 7 Keshob Roy Chowdhury will deliver the verdict.
Former member of parliament Golam Faruq Ovi is the only accused in the case.
Earlier, the court recorded statements of 23 prosecution witnesses, including the victim’s father Syed Mahbub Karim, and also the complainant of the case.
Prosecutor Bholanath Datto expects that the accused will get death penalty.
On November 10, 2002, police recovered Tinni’s body from under China-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge over the Buriganga River. A case was filed with Keraniganj Police Station on the same day over the incident.
Following the incident, police arrested Tinni's former husband Shafakat Ahmed Pial and four others -- Swapan Gazi, Gazi Sharifullah Tapan, Shafiqul Islam Jewel and Somnath Saha Bappy.
However, when the Criminal Investigation Department pressed charge against Ovi in November 2008, it dropped Pial and the others.
Investigators said Ovi killed Tinni to hide his “illicit relationship” with her under wraps. According to the charge sheet, Ovi murdered her when she became persistent in her demand to give her social recognition through marriage.
Soon after the murder, Ovi moved to Canada after securing bail and challenging a 1992 trial court verdict, which sentenced him to 17 years in jail in an arms case, says the charge sheet filed with the court.
