4 to walk gallows for murder in Pirojpur

A court here yesterday sentenced four people to death for killing a man in Zianagar upazila of the district in 2010.

The death penalty awardees are Sheuli Begum, 30, 40, Asad Majhi, Farid Ahmed and Belal Gazi of Kalaron village in the upazila.

The District and Sessions Judges' Court also fined the four Tk 50,000 each, court sources said.

According to the prosecution, Sheuli  Begum, wife of Manik Majhi had an extramarital affair with Asad Majhi of the village. At one stage, they planned to kill Manik.

On the night of May 25, 2010, Asad, Farid and Belal with the help of Sheuli entered Manik's house and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him dead on the spot.

Deceased's younger brother Mizanur Rahman filed a murder case with Indurkani Police Station the following day.

Sub-Inspector Mahbubur Rahman of the police station submitted the charge-sheet against the four in 2011.

After examining the case record and 19 witnesses, Judge Mohammad Golam Kibria handed down the verdict.