3 get life for murder
A court here on Tuesday sentenced three people to life term rigorous imprisonment (RI) for killing a man in 2005. The convicts were Halima Begum, her son Ataur Rahman Ata and her brother Mujibur Rahman of Hasitola village in Jokiganj upazila. Halima and her son were tried in absentia. The court also fined each of them Tk 50,000, in default, to suffer one year more RI. According to the prosecution, there was a longstanding conflict between Halima and her husband's brother Abdus Shukur, son of late Abdul Latif of the village over a piece of land. As a sequel to the dispute, Halima, wife of Abdul Latif Tera Mia, her son Ata and brother Mujibur stabbed Shukur with sharp weapon on October 4, 2005, leaving him critically injured. Shukur was rushed to Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on the same night. Later, the deceased's wife Hazera Khatun filed a case with Jokiganj police station. After examining the records and witnesses, Additional District and Sessions Judge Nazir Ahmed handed down the verdict.
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