Six to die, two get life in 3 murder cases

Six people have been sentenced to death and two others to life term imprisonment in three separate cases of murder in Habiganj, Tangail and Bagerhat districts.

A Habiganj court sentenced five people to death for the murder of a boy in Baniachong upazila of the district yesterday.

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The convicts are Ali Haider, 50, Abdul Ahad, 46, Renu Mia, 45, Habib Mia, 52, and Ronju Mia, 45.

Habiganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Mafroja Parvin pronounced the verdict.

According to the case, the body of Ziaul Haque was recovered from a water body on May 13, 1994.

The victim's mother Rupchan Bibi filed a case regarding the incident on January 19, 1995.

In the case, Rupchan Bibi mentioned that the accused including her foster son Ali Haider killed Ziaul and dumped his body following a dispute over property.

Police submitted charge sheet against six people after investigation, but one of them died during the trial, said Additional Public Prosecutor Abdul Ahad Faruk.

Our Tangail Correspondent reports: A Tangail court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Basail upazila of the district in 1998.

The convict is Abul Hossain, 45, son of late Miah Chan of Sonalia Uttarpara village in the upazila.

Judge Mohammad Shorfuddin Ahmed of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Tangail handed down the verdict.

According to the prosecution, Abul married Khodeja Begum, 20, daughter of Dudu Miah of nearby Karatia College Para village in Sadar upazila, in June 1996. Just after marriage, Khodeja was informed that her husband Abul had another wife.

On July 15 in 1998, Abul pressed Khodeja to bring Tk 10,000 from her father's house.

Khodeja went to her father's house the same day and brought Tk 3,000 from him. Angry Abul then beat Khodeja mercilessly, leaving her dead on the spot.

The victim's uncle Shahidul Islam Shahid filed a murder case with Basail Police Station on the same night accusing Abul and his first wife Jalena Begum.

Police later arrested Abul and Jalena and produced them before the court. As Abul made a confessional statement over the killing, police pressed a charge sheet against him, acquitting Jalena from the charges.  

Our Bagerhat Correspondent adds: A Bagerhat court yesterday sentenced two youths to life term imprisonment for killing a college student two years ago.

The convicts are Humayun Gazi Liton, 24, son of Fazar Gazi, and Sardar Tarikul Islam, 22, son of Touhid Sardar.

Judge Md Zakaria, of First District and Session's Judges Court, passed the verdict in presence of the two convicts.

Both of them had given confessional statement under Section 164 before the court that they strangled to death Al Amin Sheikh, 18, a student of Belayet Hossain Degree College, on March 6 in 2014 over a personal conflict.