3 to die for killing school boy in Rajbari

A Rajbari court on Wednesday sentenced three persons to death for killing a school boy in 2013 in the district.

At the same time, the court also fined them Tk 50,000 each.
Rajbari Women-Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Sabbir Faiz handed down the verdict.

The condemned convicts are Raktim, a resident of Sajjankanda area of Rajbari district town, Rasel, of the same area, and Roni of CharNarayanpur area under Mijanpur union.

According to the case statement, on November 6, 2013, the convicts kidnapped school boy Rifad, son of expatriate Moktar Mandal of Sajjankanda area, on the way back from his school. Then they demanded a ransom of Tk 15 lakh. Then they strangled Rafid to death and hid the body in a toilet in Sajjankanda area as Rafid's family did not pay the ransom.

Later, a case was filed with Rajbari Police Station in this connection.

After investigation, police submitted a charge sheet to the court.

The court delivered the verdict after taking the depositions of the witnesses.

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