A Chattogram District and Sessions Judge Court has delivered a verdict nearly 20 years after the murder of former student leader Ershadul Habib Rubel in Kutubdia, Cox’s Bazar. The court sentenced four accused to death and acquitted four others in the long-pending case. The death-row convicts are Rustam Matbar, Sohel Matbar, Jewel Matbar, and Farhad Matbar. Among them, Farhad is currently in prison while the other three remain absconding abroad.
According to the case details, Rubel, son of late Mohammad Kashem Matbar of Baroghopa Matbarpara, was shot dead by assailants on October 15, 2006, while returning home by rickshaw from Baroghopa Bazar. His mother, Momtaz Sufia Begum, filed a murder case with Kutubdia Police Station. Due to political influence and procedural delays, the case saw little progress until it was transferred to the Chattogram court in 2023.
Rubel’s younger brother and current plaintiff, Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Mohammad Hanif Bin Kashem, said the family is not fully satisfied with the verdict and that the prosecution plans to appeal. The long-awaited judgment has sparked mixed reactions in the Kutubdia area.
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