The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today set March 2 for pronouncing judgment on a plea to review its verdict, upholding death sentence of two convicts Dr Mia Mohammad Mohiuddin and Jahangir Alam, in a case lodged over the murder of Rajshahi University Prof Dr S Taher Ahmed.

The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order after concluding hearing on the matter.

The SC on September 14, 202, published the 68-page verdict upholding the death sentence of two convicts, Rajshahi University teacher Dr Miah Mohammad Mohiuddin and then caretaker at Prof S Taher’s residence Jahangir Alam.

Dr S Taher Ahmed, Professor of Rajshahi University Department of Geology and Mining, was killed on February 1, 2006 and police recovered his body from a septic tank behind his residence on the university campus on February 3 in the same year. His son Sanjid Alvi Ahmed filed the case with Motihar Police Station on the same day.

Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal on May 22, 2008, sentenced four accused to death and acquitted two others of the charges.

The High Court after holding hearing on the death reference and appeals of the convicts, pronounced its judgment on April 21, 2013. It confirmed the death sentence of the then RU teacher Dr Mia Mohammad Mohiuddin and Jahangir Alam for their involvement in the gruesome murder.

On February 22, 2022, the apex court started hearing on the appeals filed by the convicts challenging the HC verdict against them. The Appellate Division on April 5, 2022, upheld the High Court verdict.

After that, the two convicts filed the plea, seeking review of the apex court’s judgment to save their necks. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court heard their plea and fixed date for pronouncing judgment on that matter.