Two to die, 2 get life in two murder cases

Two people were sentenced to death and two others to life imprisonment in two murder cases in Joypurhat and Bagerhat districts yesterday.

Our Dinajpur correspondent reported that a Joypurhat court sentenced a youth to death and two others to life imprisonment for killing a man over a feud in Sadar upazila in 2013.

The death penalty awardee is Anwar Hossain, 30, son of Abdul Mazid of Patwaripara under Joypurhat Municipality.

The lifers are Swapan Hossain, 22, and Mithu Mia, 20, of Patwaripara in the municipality. District and Sessions Judge Dr Abdul Mazid also fined the lifers Tk 20,000 each.

According to the prosecution, there had been a feud between Ziaul Hassan Sumon, 30, and his friend Anwar over repayment of money that Sumon took from Anwar.

As a sequel to that, Anwar with the help of Swapan and Mithu called Sumon out of his house on the night of June 22 in 2013. Later, the trio stabbed Sumon to death in front of Joypurhat Modern Hospital and fled the scene.

Sumon's wife Merina Akhter filed a murder case with Sadar Police station the following day. After investigation, police arrested the three and pressed charges against them. 

On the same day, a Bagerhat court sentenced a man to death for killing a young girl after rape In Kuchua upazila of the district in 2012, reports a correspondent.

The recipient of the death penalty is Azad Khan, 40, of Khalishakhali village in the upazila. Judge Rezaul Karim of the Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge also fined him Tk one lakh.

According to the prosecution, Azad, a married man, developed an illicit relation with Ayna Khatun, 18, daughter of Hossain Ali of Gaborkhali village, promising to marry her.

When Ayna became pregnant and was putting pressure on Azad to marry her, the latter killed the girl and dumped the body in a local water body on February 21, 2012.

Sub-inspector Ziaur Rahman, also the investigation officer of the case, arrested Azad and pressed charges against him on February 7, 2013.