‘Did you get desired verdict?’ death-row convict asks journos

Did you get your desired verdict? Mizanur Rahman alias Minhaz, who gets the death penalty over the killing of Prof Humayun Azad, threw the question to the journalists soon after the judge announced the verdict.

Dhaka Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Al Mamun has handed down the death penalty to four people in connection with the murder case of author and Dhaka University Professor Humayun Azad.

The death-row convicts are--Mizanur Rahman and Anwar Alam, members of the Shura of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Salehin alias Salahuddin and Nur Mohammad.

Of them, Mizanur Rahman and Anwar Alam were present in the courtroom when the verdict was delivered. Soon after the verdict was delivered, Mizan shouted at the journalists as police were taking him out of the courtroom around 12:05 pm.

He asked the journalists: "Journalist friends, are you satisfied? Did you get your desired verdict?"