Prosecutors to seek death for accused in imam murder trial

The Prosecutors will seek death sentence for the 35-year-old Bangladeshi national accused of murdering Bahraini imam Abdul Jaleel Hamood.

Meanwhile, the police remand of the accused along with other suspects have been extended by another 15 days by the High Criminal Court.

Abdul Jaleel went missing on August 5 after performing Al Fajr (dawn) prayer. His family members immediately alerted police, who found the imam’s body cut into pieces inside a plastic bag near a scrapyard in Askar.

The accused was a prayer caller (Muazzin) at the mosque and it has been learnt that the imam had warned him over trading in free visas, which led to an enmity between them.

The defendant has confessed to the crime and he told prosecutors that he had informed his wife about plans to kill the imam. The suspect has been charged with premeditated murder, while the co-defendants face charges of attempting to conceal crime proof.