Prosecution seeks capital punishment for accused

The prosecution sought capital punishment for the accused in the Himu murder case during their argument before a Chittagong court yesterday.

The accused are Shah Selim Tipu, Md Shahadat Hossain Saju, Jahedul Islam Shawon, Mahboob Ali Khan Danny and Tipu's son Junaid Ahmed Riad.

The court fixed November 1 for argument of the defence, said additional public prosecutor Anupam Chakraborty.

Depositions, testimonies and cross-examinations of six prosecution witnesses were also submitted before the court.

Earlier, testimonies and cross-examinations of 14 prosecution witnesses had been submitted, said the APP.

Centering his anti-drug role in the locality, Himadri Majumder Himu, an A-level student of Summerfield School and  College, was beaten, dogs were unleashed upon him, and then he was pushed off a four-storey building in Chittagong city's Panchlaish Residential Area on April 27 in 2012.

He died at a Dhaka hospital on May 23, 2012.