8 to walk gallows for killing school boy in Sylhet

A Sylhet court has sentenced eight individuals to death, seven to life imprisonment, and 17 others to two years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with the murder of a schoolboy named Sumel in Bishwanath upazila.

Judge Syeda Amina Farhin of Sylhet’s Additional District and Sessions Judge Court (3rd Court) passed the order on Wednesday noon (July 30).

The death row convicts are – Saiful, Nazrul, Sadrul, Siraj, Jamal, Shahin, Abdul Jalil, Anwar.

According to the case details, on May 1, 2021, Sumel Ahmed, a tenth-grade student of Shahjalal High School in Bishwanath, was shot dead during a land dispute in Chauldhoni Haor area. On that day, UK expatriate Saiful Alam attempted to excavate soil from a disputed field in Chaitannyanagar village, claimed by Nazir Uddin. When Nazir, his cousin Manik Miah, and his 18-year-old nephew Sumel objected, an altercation broke out. During the confrontation, Saiful opened fire, killing Sumel and injuring four others, including Sumel’s father and uncle.