Shazneen Tasnim Rahman murder

Shazneen Tasnim Rahman was raped and murdered in her home in Gulshan, Dhaka on 23 April 1998.[4] She was stabbed 20 times. Her body was discovered by domestic help Moslem Hawlader. There was a party going on in the house.[2]

Her father filed a case on 24 April 1998 in Gulshan Police station. On 4 September 1998 Criminal Investigation Department filed a case under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. On 6 December 1998 charges were pressed against six accused.[5] On 13 April 1999 murder and rape charges were framed.[5] On 6 July 1999 Bangladesh High Court Justice Mohammad Abdul Karim and Justice A. B. M. Khairul Haque stayed the murder case in the Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court as the case was indicted in the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal.[4] The accused appealed the High Court Verdict. On 11 November 1999 a four-member Appellate Division bench made out of Chief Justice Mustafa Kamal, Justices Latifur Rahman, AM Mahmudur Rahman, and Mahmudul Amin Choudhury rejected the appeal of the accused.[4]

The accused are Shahidul Islam, domestic help, contractor Syed Sajjad Mainuddin Hasan, his assistant Badal, and carpenter Shaniram Mandal. Two other accused were maids Estema Khatun Minu and Parvin. On 2 September 2003, the six accused were sentenced to death by Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal.[6] On 10 July 2006 Bangladesh High Court upheld the death sentence of the accused but acquitted Shaniram Mandal. On 26 April 2009 Appellate Division accepted the leave-to-appeal prayers of the accused.[4] On 2 August 2016 all the accused except Shahidul Islam were acquitted by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.[7] Shahidul Islam was hanged at 9:45 pm on 29 November 2017 in Kashimpur High Security Prison in Gazipur.[8]