2 get death for killing doctor

Special Tribunal Judge Nitai Chandra Saha yesterday handed down death penalty to two men for killing Dr Shafiqul Islam, owner of Jess Clinic in Jessore town, on July 29, 2009, said Prosecutor SM Badruzzaman Palash, who conducted the case on behalf of the government. Two others were acquitted.

The convicted are Ashiqur Rahman Bablu, 40, son of Rajab Ali, and Saiful Islam Jakir, 36, son of Miratul Haque, both of Ghope Nawapara in the town.

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The acquitted are Rabbu alias Mursalin of New Town, and M Raihan of Ghope Nawapara.

Dr Shafiqul Islam, the then treasurer of the Jessore district unit of BMA and also owner of Jess Clinic, was killed by the criminals inside his clinic at around 10:00pm on July 29, 2009. 

Abdus Salam Dhabak, father of the deceased, filed a case with Jessore Kotwali Police Station in this connection on July 30, 2009.