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18 given death penalty for murders in Three districts
 [Dhaka Tribune] A total of 18 people were condemned to death yesterday in three murder cases in three districts.Eleven of the 18 were given the death penalty for killing Jubo League ... the youth wing of the Bangla Awami League... leader Jalal Uddin Sarker in Gazipur in 2003. Judge Fazle Elahi Bhuiyan of Gazipur Additional District and Sessions Judge Court 1 pronounced the verdict. The court also fined the convicts Tk10,000 each. Milon Sarker, elder brother of the victim, said the convicts hacked Jalal to death in broad daylight when he was talking to his friends at a field near Bolkhela Bazar in Kapasia upazila on August 17, 2003. In Narayanganj, four men were sentenced to death after a court found them guilty of killing a 13-year-old boy in 2014. The convicts -- Saifur Rahman alias Saiful, 23, Tofazzal Hossain, 22, Jamal Hossain, 22, and Shahjahan alias Jibon, 21 -- were also sentenced to seven years in prison and fined Tk50,000 each on abduction charges in the case. Narayanganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Miazi Mohammad Shahidul Islam handed down the verdict. Narayanganj court's Additional Public Prosecutor MA Rahim said the four men were sentenced as their involvement in the killing of Rakibul Hasan Imon, son of Nuru Miah of Kamtal Malibhita area in Narayanganj, was proved. Imon, a ninth-grader at a school in Sonargaon, was kidnapped on January 29 last year over previous enmity. APP Rahim said the kidnappers demanded a ransom of Tk10 lakh but the boy was killed on the day of his abduction as the money was not paid. After the murder, Imon's body was dumped at a poultry farm in Madanpur Malibagh area. Imon's mother Ferdousi Begum later lodged a case accusing five people of killing her son. The accused were detained and police recovered Imon's body a week later based on information obtained during interrogation. Al Amin, the fifth accused in the case, was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years on May 14 this year. Also, three persons were given the death sentence by Sylhet's Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal for abducting and killing nine-year-old boy Abu Sayeed in March this year. The convicts are Nurul Islam Rakib, 26, general secretary of Olama League's Sylhet district unit, Ebadur Rahman alias Putul, 24, former constable of Sylhet Airport cop shoppe, and Ataur Rahman alias Geda, 33, a police informer. Judge Abdur Rashid also fined the three Tk2 lakh (Tk1 lakh for abduction and Tk1 lakh for murder) each, and acquitted Mahib Hossain Masum as charges against him could not be proved. All three convicts confessed to the murder, saying that they kidnapped the boy for ransom. Special Public Prosecutor of the tribunal Abdul Malek said the convicts would have to serve two more years (one year for abduction and one year for murder) in jail upon failure to pay the fine. Sayeed's father Abdul Matin said he was content with the verdict. He also demanded that the verdict be executed soon. Sayeed, a fourth-grader, was kidnapped from Sylhet's Rainagar area on March 11 this year and police recovered his body two days later from the attic of Ebadur's house. The boy was killed as he could recognise the abductors. Posted by: Fred 2015-12-01 |
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