A court in Gazipur on Monday awarded 11 people death sentence for killing Kapasia upazila Jubo League president Jalaluddin.Additional District and Sessions Judge M Fazle Elahi also fined the condemned convicts Tk 10,000 each.
Of the 11 condemned convicts, six were present on the dock during the judgment. They were Farhad Sarkar, Belayet Hossain Biltu, Farooque Hossain, Ataur Rahman, Joynal Abedin and Ahmed Ali. The absconding five convicts are : Joj Mia, Al Amin, Mahbubur Rahman, Ahim Fakir and Jewel.
They all were involved with the politics of BNP and its front organizations.
According to the prosecution, the convicts hacked dead former Kapasia upazila Jubo League president Jajal at Bolkhela Bazar on August 17, 2003.
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