Tangail double murder: Victim’s step brother, 5 others given death penalty
A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday sentenced six people to death for killing a couple -- a retired government primary schoolteacher and his wife -- to grab their land in Tangail Sadar upazila in 2017.
Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka handed down the sentence in the presence of the six accused in the courtroom, said Abu Abdullah Bhuiyan, the prosecution lawyer.
The convicts are: Swapon Kumar Das, Zahidul Islam, Md Forhad, Moniruzzaman Bhuiyan, Monzurul Islam and Shayan Mia.
"The victims' family got justice through this judgement," said Abdullah, while expressing satisfaction over the verdict.
Defence lawyer Mahfuzur Rahman said, "We did not get justice in the case. We will appeal to the higher court against this judgement."
According to the prosecution, Swapon, a step brother of victim Anil Kumar Das, made a plan to occupy Anil's land in connivance with the other five accused.
On July 26, 2017, the six killed Anil and his wife and hid the two bodies in a septic tank of the victims' house.
Nirmal Kumar Das, the victims' son, filed a case with Tangail Police Station over the double murder on July 28 that year.
Later, the case was transferred to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka from Tangail's court for quick disposal.
On September 17, 2018, police pressed charges against the six accused in the case.
The court on August 7 last year framed charges against them. Twenty-seven prosecution witnesses out of 35 gave their depositions.
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