Separate courts on Wednesday sentenced four men to death and another four to life-term imprisonment in separate murder cases in two districts- Kishoreganj and Chapainawabganj.
KISHOREGANJ: A district court sentenced four persons to death in Sohel Murder case on Wednesday.
Kishoreganj District & Sessions Judge (In-charge) Mohammad Jannatul Ferdous Ibne Hoque delivered the verdict in presence of the accused.
The convicts are Md Liton Mia, Md Rabbni, Md Jewel Mia, and Md Kajol.
According to the prosecution, on night of September 23, 2020, Sohail alias Badan Khandkar, son of Hannan Mia of Maizbagh Village in Kuliachar Upazila was killed, and his body was dumped on the southside of Farooq Chairmans house in Kalikaprasad Village in Bhairab Upazila, east of the Bhairab-Kishorganj regional highway.
Victim fathers Abdul Hannan filed a case with Bhairab Model Police Station (PS).
Police submitted a chargesheet against the four accused.
After the witness examination, the accused Md Liton Mia, Md Rabbni, Md Jewel Mia, and Md Kajol were sentenced to death and fined Tk 2,00,000 each.
The case was conducted by Public Prosecutor Abu Naser Faruq Md Sanju while Advocate Mizanur Rahman pleaded for the accused.
CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Two separate courts in Chapainawabganj on Wednesday afternoon sentenced four persons to life-term imprisonment in rape and murder and arms cases.
The convicted persons were Zakkar, son of late Gamjad, Munsur Ali, son of late Miaruddin of the same village, Md Mofidul Islam alias Sohirul, son of Abdul Karim of Mushribhuja Village all under Bholahat Upazila and Afjal Hossain, son of Zobdul Mondol of Birahimpur Village in Shibganj Upazila in Chapainawabganj District.
According to the prosecution story, Semali Khatun alias Kanduni, 45, daughter of late Entaj Ali of Ghaibari Village in Bholahat Upazila in the district went to Rangamaitta Beel for cutting grass on August 17, 2020 at around 11 am but did not return.
Next day police of Bholahat PS recovered her body from a paddy field in the Rangamaitta Beel.
On August 18, 2020 her daughter Sharaboni Begum filed a murder case with Bholahat PS against unnamed persons.
Investigating officer of the case, Inspector Anwar Hossain submitted chargesheet to the court accusing Zakkar, Mofidul and Munsur on December 31, 2020.
After a long hearing as the charges of rape and murder were proved, Senior District and Sessions Judge and also the Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Naresh Chandra Sarker, in presence of the convicts, sentenced the trio to life-term imprisonment and fined them of different amount of money under different sections.
According to the prosecution story, police of Shibganj PS on a tip off conducted a raid in Mordana Bridge area in Shibganj Upazila of the district on July 15, 2020 and arrested Afjal Hossain with a pistol, a magazine and two bullets.
On the same day Sub-Inspector (SI) Ataur Hossain of Shibganj PS filed a case against him.
Investigating officer of the case SI Abdul Barik submitted charge sheet to the court accusing Afjal Hossain on July 30, 2020.
After hearing the witnesses, Senior Sessions Judge and also the Judge of the Special Tribunal -1 Md Adeeb Ali awarded life-term and seven years imprisonment to Afjal in two separate sections.
