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Four get death penalty for killing Swechhasebak League leader
A court has ordered death penalty for four convicts accused of killing Joypurhat Swechhasebak League’s Vice President Sirajul Islam.
Published : 5 May 2015, 08:11 AM
Updated : 5 May 2015, 11:53 AM
Joypurhat District and Sessions Judge Mijanur Rahman has given the verdict in the 10-year-old case on Tuesday.
The accused are Taslim Uddin Tiplu, Farhad Hossain, Haider Ali from Teghorbisha village and ‘Shapin’ from Joypurhat.
Taslim Uddin and Haider Ali were present in the court when the verdict was pronounced.
The other two, Farhad and ‘Shapin’ were absconding, said Prosecutor Nripendranath Mandal.
According to the case documents, on Nov 30, 2005 Sirajul Islam was hacked to death near Charmatha area of Teghorbisha village in Joypurhat.
Sirajul’s father, Mojibur Rahman filed a case against 13 people the same night.
At the end of their investigations, police submitted a charge sheet accusing nine people.
Among the accused, four died in RAB ‘crossfire’ at different times, and one was killed by his opponent, said the prosecutor Mandal.
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