15 get life for murder
A court here on Wednesday sentenced 15 people to life term imprisonment for killing a man nine years ago.
The convicts are Hanif Mollik, Nazrul Mollik, Wahab Mollik, Kamrul Mollik, Alamgir Mollik, Ikhlas Mollik, Sagar Mallik, Hanif Mollik-2, Md Samir Sheikh, Md Kamrul Hossain, Kamal Mollik, Jamal Mollik, Md Arman, Md Shamsur Rahman and Md Liakat Khan. All hail from Makordan village in Mongla upazila.
The court also fined the convicts Tk 5,000 each, in default, they are to suffer another year in jail.
According to the prosecution, the convicts tried to capture one Saidur Rahman's fish enclosure at the village on January 17, 2002.
Being resisted by Saidur`s younger brother Sirajul Islam, they attacked him with sharp weapon, leaving him critically injured. Sirajul succumbed to his injuries at the hospital on January 20.
Saidur filed a case accusing 19 people the same day. After examining the records and witnesses, Additional District and Sessions Judge Md Razaul Karim handed down the verdict. He acquitted four others of the murder charge.
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