Youth to hang for abduction, murder of 7-year-old boy

A Dhaka court has sent 27-year-old Md Jahirul Islam to the gallows for the abduction and murder of a seven-year-old Sifat Ali Tonmoy in Mirpur three years ago.

Dhaka’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Tanjina Islam gave the order on Thursday with the convict on the dock.
 
Along with the death penalty, Islam was also fined Tk 100,000.

According to case details, Tonmoy was kidnapped on Mar 26, 2012 when playing at the field of Darus Salam Government Primary School in Mirpur.

His father Hazrat Ali filed an abduction case with Mirpur police later in the day.

Later, Tk 800,000 was demanded as ransom over phone. Detective Police traced the call and arrested Islam, a second-floor tenant of Ali on the next day.

Islam admitted that he had strangled Tonmoy since he was not paid the ransom.

Based on his confession, the body was recovered wrapped in a bag from inside the house.

The judge heard 17 testimonies before giving the verdict.