Habiganj court awards death penalty to three for murdering minor siblings

A Habiganj court has convicted three persons of the 2008 murder of two minor siblings.

Habiganj Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 26 Feb 2017, 12:07 PM
Updated : 26 Feb 2017, 12:07 PM

In August 2008, 12-year-old Abdul Ahad and 10-year-old Nuraj Ali was found dead with their throats slit at a village in the northeastern district's Bahubal Upazila.

Their father started murder case against three persons.

On Sunday, the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Mafroza Parvin ordered death sentences for the three.

They are Abdul Ali, Sayed Ali and Arzu Mia.

Of them, Ali was on the dock when the verdict was announced while the others are absconding, said Prosecutor Abdul Ahad Faruq.

He said convict Ali confessed to the court of the killing out previous enmity with the boys' father.