Three to hang for killing schoolboy Rahat in Sherpur

Three people have been sentenced to death for the murder of schoolboy Arafat Islam Rahat at Sherpur.

Sherpur Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 29 March 2016, 07:55 AM
Updated : 29 March 2016, 08:42 AM

Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal judge Md Sayedur Rahman also sentenced another to life imprisonment on Tuesday.

The verdict comes eight months after first-grader Rahat, 8, was kidnapped from Sherpur town for ransom by his uncle Abdul Latif and his three friends, Robin Miah, Asalam Babu and ‘Imran’.  

The child’s skeleton was recovered from the hills near Modhutila Eco Park at Nolitabarhi six days after his abduction.

Rahat’s father accused three in the case he filed with police. Latif and his accomplices confessed to the murder after their arrest.

Police submitted a charge sheet accusing the four on Nov 29. The judicial court transferred the case to the tribunal on Dec 13.

The court heard 27 witnesses on eight working days.