Two to die, eight get life
A court here yesterday sentenced two people to death and eight others to life term imprisonment in the case for killing North South University (NSU) student Touhidul Islam Lipu three years ago.
Additional District and Sessions Judge ABM Mahmudul Haq delivered the verdict.
The death sentence awardees are Rakibul Islam alias Bappi, 22, and Md Sumon Ali, 35, of Kushtia town. Sumon is absconding.
The convicts with life term -- Zuhaim Khondokar Shuvo, Hridoy Hasan, Alif, Sajedul, Nayan, Sajib, Minhaj and Milon are in jail.
Lipu, the only son of Wahedul Islam, assistant general manager of Agrani Bank (now posted in Jessore), and a second-year student of NSU, was abducted when he went home at Kushtia on vacation.
On August 31 in 2014, Lipu was called out of home by his father's cousin Shuvo and Shuvo's friend Bappi, goes the prosecution.
They took Lipu to Pabna's Ishwardi, called Lipu's father and demanded Tk 10 lakh as ransom.
According to the charge sheet, the kidnappers decided to kill Lipu to evade the risk of trial if their identity is disclosed.
On 1 September, they took Lipu to the Padma riverbank, strangled him, slashed his abdomen and dumped the body into the river.
On September 13, Rapid Action Battalion arrested Shuvo and Bappi, and the two confessed to the brutal murder.
The case was handed to Kushtia's Detective Branch of police and the charge sheet was submitted before a magistrate's court on August 1 in 2015.
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