3 to die for killing man in Rangpur

A Rangpur court yesterday sentenced three persons to death and another to life term imprisonment for killing a man at Chhoto Kalyani in the district's Pirgachha upazila over two decades ago.

The court delivered the verdict in the presence of the four, court sources said.Farhad Hossain, 40, Nur Mohammad, 41, and Md Abdul, 40, of the village, got death penalty. Lifer Abdus Sattar, 70, was also fined Tk 10,000, in default to suffer six more months in prison.

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According to the prosecution, one of the four used to stalk wife of the man, who was a vegetable vendor, and the trader protested against it. Following this, they killed him in October, 1993. The victim's body was found in a paddy field on October 3, 1993.His father filed a murder case with Pirgachha Police Station the same day.