Eight to die for killing Sherpur businessman

The convicts are Moina, Abdul Khaleque, Muslemuddin, Rup Chand alias Osman, Fazal, Farid, Abdul Karim and Magar Ali alias Bakar.

District and sessions Judge Ashish Ranjan Das pronounced the verdict. The court also fined the convicts Tk 10,000 each.

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According to the prosecution, the convicts, on September 11, 1996, swooped on businessman Hazrat Ali and his three business partners--Hasmat Ali, Muslem Ali and Hafez Habibullah--when they were returning home Bagrar Char Bazar under Sreebardi upazila.

As the businessmen tried to resist the gang, they hacked the three with sharp weapons, leaving Hazrat Ali dead and two others injured. The gang also snatched Tk 35,000 from the businessmen.

The court acquitted five other accused as the charges brought against them were not proved.

Two convicts--Moina and Abdul Khaleque--are now in jail, while the remaining six have been absconding since the incident.