Jhenaidah court sentences three to death over 2011 murder case

A Jhenaidah court has sentenced three men to death for the murder of a college student named Imran Hossain in 2011.

Jhenaidah Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 19 August 2018, 08:40 AM
Updated : 19 August 2018, 08:40 AM

The court of Jhenaidah First Additional District and Sessions Judge Golam Azam, announced the verdict on Sunday.

The death-row convicts are Imran Hossain, Nasim Biwsas, and Monirul Islam Mukul. They were also fined Tk 20,000 each.

Another suspect, Zakir Hossain, has been acquitted of the charges. Mukul is currently absconding.  

According to the case dossier, Imran, the son of Najrul Isalm of Laudia village in the district’s Sadar Upazila, had spoken to his friends Imran, Hasanuzzaman and Arif Khan at a village tea stall before setting off for home on his motorcycle.

He did not reach home that night and his body was found near a pond at Shikarpur village a day later. 

His father Nazrul Islam filed a case naming several unidentified people as suspects at the Jhenaidah Sadar Police Station.

Police submitted a report naming four suspects in 2012.

The court heard the testimonies of 25 people and convicted three of the suspects.