Verdict on Oishee’s appeal Monday

The High Court will deliver its verdict on Monday on the appeal and death reference of Oishee Rahman, who was convicted of killing her parents in 2013. A High Court bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Md Jahangir Hossain will announce the verdict. On May 7, the same bench kept the verdict waiting to be delivered any day after concluding hearing. Oishee's parents, Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman, were found dead at their Malibagh home on August 16, 2013. A Dhaka court found Oishee guilty of murder and sentenced her to death on November 12, 2015. It also awarded two years of imprisonment to her friend Mizanur Rahman who had been found to be an accomplice. The trial court found Oishee guilty of killing her parents in cold blood, the murder also being premeditated. In December 2015, she moved to an appeal with the High Court praying for acquittal of all charges. Her death reference also reached the court for approval. On March 12 this year, the High Court began hearing on the appeal and death reference where it heard Oishee’s statement on her mental health on April 10, after her lawyer claimed she was suffering from mental illness at the time of the murders.