JOYPURHAT, July 5: A court in the district on Wednesday sentenced 11 people to life-term imprisonment for killing a college teacher in 2009.
Nurul Islam, judge of Additional District and Sessions Court of Joypurhat, handed down the verdict in the afternoon.
The court also fined the convicts Tk 50,000 each, and in default, they will have to suffer two more years in the jail.
The convicts are: Asadul, Mujibur Rahman, Tofazzal Hossain, Abdul Hannan, Anichur, Kalam, Khairul, Babu, Sohail, Morshedul Hasan Moshiur and Azizul. Among them, all are absconding except Morshedul Hasan Moshiur and Azizul.
According to the prosecution, Ali Hasan Babu, son of Abul Kashem Mondol of Kankra Village of Panchbibi Upazila in the district, was a teacher in the economics department of Shahargachi Adarsha Degree College in Gaibandha. Besides teaching, he was involved in business in Paikardaria Village.
On the night of June 17, 2009, he left for home from his business establishment. On the way, the accused killed Ali Hasan Babu and dumped the body in a river.
Later on, his body was recovered from the river.
A murder case was filed with Panchbibi Police Station following a complaint lodged by Abu Bakkar, the elder brother of the deceased.
After investigation, police submitted the charge-sheet to the court.
Following this, the court pronounced the verdict on Wednesday after examining the case records and taking depositions of the witnesses.
