04 December 2013 :

the Dhaka High Court, in Bangladesh, revised the death sentence of four among the five convicted in the Saudi Arabia embassy official Khalaf Al Ali murder case. One convict on the run was acquitted while the death sentences of three others were revised to life sentences. The death sentence of one other was upheld. The High Court bench of Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo delivered the verdict. In December last year, a lower court sentenced Saiful Islam Mamun, Al Amin, Akbar Ali, Rafiqul Islam and absconding Selim Chowdhury to death. They were convicted of shooting dead Khalaf Al Ali, 45, a diplomatic official, in the Gulshan area on the night of March 5 last year. The High Court upheld the death sentence for Saiful Islam Mamun. Absconding Selim was acquitted while Al Amin, Akbar Ali and Rafiqul Islam were given life sentences. Disappointed with the verdict, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told Dhaka Tribune that the government will appeal against the verdict.