Court sentences five to death for 2008 murder in Chandpur

A court in Chandpur has awarded the death penalty to five people in a decade-old murder.

On Oct 5, 2008, Masud Rana was murdered at the district’s Matlab Upazila.

On Tuesday, the additional district and sessions judge’s court convicted five people in the killing.

The convicts are Yamin Bepari, Abdul Khaleque Molla, Faruq alias Nabi, Ali Munshi and Selim Majhi.

Faruq and Munshi were in the dock on Tuesday while the rest are at large.

The court has acquitted three suspects: Kamal Hawlader, Keramat Ali Molla and Cherag Ali Molla, said Sayedul Islam, additional public prosecutor in Chandpur.

Rana was whisked away from his home on Oct 5, 2008 and later strangled. His body was recovered from a ditch 10 days later, he said.

Rana’s father Rabiul Matlab started the case against eight people at the local police station.

Police filed the charges in May 2009. The court heard 15 witnesses in the case.