Eight get death in 2016 murder of Habiganj businessman

A court in Habiganj has awarded the death penalty to eight people over the murder of a businessman six years ago.

Habiganj Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 23 August 2017, 10:59 AM
Updated : 23 August 2017, 10:59 AM

Eleven others have been sentenced to life in prison.
 
In 2011, assailants barged into the home of Tipu Sultan in Madhabpur Upazila in the northeastern district and attacked him with a sharp weapon leaving him dead.
 
On Wednesday, the court of additional district and sessions judge delivered the verdict with four of the convicts in the dock, said Prosecutor Sirajul Haque Chowdhury.
 
He said the court acquitted three people as charges against them were not proven beyond doubt.