Two get death sentences in murder of Kishoreganj man

A court has sentenced two persons to death in the 2012 murder of local Awami League font leader in Kishoreganj. 

Court Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 26 Feb 2017, 10:20 AM
Updated : 26 Feb 2017, 10:20 AM

Md Alam Sabuj, general secretary of Upazila Unit of Juba League, went missing on Aug 21 that year. 
 
Juba League is the youth affiliate of the ruling party.
 
Three days later his wallet was found at a brickfield near a lake in Bazitpur Upazila's Sarachar. After searching the lake, a sack was founding containing body, cut in pieces.
 
The victim's family filed a case with the local police accusing 14 people.
 
Police pressed charges on seven people in the case, which was later transferred the speedy trial tribunal.
 
On Sunday, Dhaka's Fourth Speedy Trail Tribunal convicted three of the gruesome killing.
 
Those awarded the death penalty are Enam Hossain and Una Mia.
 
The third convict, Md Sadek has received five years of rigorous imprisonment.
 
Mia and Una were on the docks when the verdict was delivered while Hossain is absconding.
 
The court acquitted four others as charges against them have not been proven.
 
The judge said in its verdict that Sabuj was killed in a local political feud. Hossain and Mia were directly involved in the murder while Sadek concealed the murder weapon.
 
Prosecutor Mahfuzur Rahman said the three convicts had confessed to the crime under Section 164 before a magistrate.
 
Convict Mia's counsel Md Shahabuddin said the court recorded testimonies of 27 persons during the trial, but none of them were eyewitnesses.