[3] Shazneen Tasnim Rahman was raped and murdered in her home in Gulshan, Dhaka on 23 April 1998.
On 4 September 1998, the Criminal Investigation Department filed a case under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
[4] The accused are Shahidul Islam, domestic help, contractor Syed Sajjad Mainuddin Hasan, his assistant Badal, and carpenter Shaniram Mandal.
[6] On 10 July 2006, Bangladesh High Court upheld the death sentence of the accused but acquitted Shaniram Mandal.
[7] Shahidul Islam was hanged at 9:45 pm on 29 November 2017 in Kashimpur High Security Prison in Gazipur.