Sixteen people sentenced to life term in jail for killing of a man over union parishad election in Patuakhali Sadar upazila in 2011.
Patuakhali Additional District and Sessions Judge Court AKM Enamul Karim handed down the verdict this afternoon in presence of all the convicts.
The court also acquitted a man from the case as the charges brought against him were not proven.
The 16 convicted are, defeated member candidate Sohrab Sikder, 50, Rahman Sikder, 30, Amirul Sikder, 20, Musa Sikder, 25, Russell Sikder, 18, Abu Bakor Sikder, 20, Sattar Sikder, 55, Zakir Sikder, 30, Md Hanif Sikder, 18, Salim Sikder, 37, Jalal Sikder, 30, Zakir Hossain, 30, Mamun Sikder, 30, Yusuf Sikder, 42, Sanu Sikder, 40, and Shamsu Mridha, 55.
The acquitted person is Sahidul Islam Mridha, 32.
According to the case statement, the convicts attacked and vandalized the house Noor Mohammad Mridha after defeating in the UP election.
As Noor’s son Md Shahidul Islam tried to resist the group, the accused attacked Sahidul with a sharp weapon at Mithapur village on April 4, 2011, leaving him critically injured.
Later, locals rescued Sahidul and took him first to Patuakhali Medical College Hospital and later to Barisal Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital. Shahidul was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for better treatment, but died on the way to Dhaka.
The next day, the victim’s father filed a murder case against 20 named and some 15 to 20 unidentified people with the Sadar police station.
After the investigation, police pressed charge-sheet while the court framed the charges against 17 accused.
