10 to die for killing farmer in Habiganj

Habiganj Correspondent: A court in Habiganj sentenced 10 people to death for killing a farmer in Baniachong upazila of the district.

The court acquitted 17 others of the charges as the charges brought against them could not be proved as true.

Additional District and Session Judge Afroza Parvin delivered the verdict on Wednesday noon.

The convicts are Ramiz Ali, Tariq Ullah, Abdur Rahman, Abdul Mannan, Bachchu Mia, Abdus Salam, Yusuf Ullah, Abdul Motaleb, Abdul Hannan and Nasim Ullah.

Seven convicts of them were present at the court during the delivery of the verdict.

According to the case statement, the convicts hacked the farmer Abdur Razzak to death following a conflict centering the theft of a duck on October 29, 2001.

Later, Razzak’s son Harun Mia filed a case with Baniachong police station accusing 27 people for the murder.


risingbd/Habiganj/Jan 31, 2018/Md Mamun Chowdhury/AI