One to die for killing gold trader in N’ganj

A Narayanganj court yesterday sentenced jewellery shop owner Pintu Devnath, 42, to death for killing his business partner and friend Prabir Kumar Ghosh last June.

The court also sentenced Pintu’s employee Bapen Bhoumik, 28, to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined him Tk 50,000. 

Judge Anisur Rahman of District and Sessions Judge Court of Narayanganj passed the verdict, 11 months after the sensational murder, said Public Prosecutor (PP) Wazid Ali Khokon. 

The court dropped another accused Abdullah Al Mamun’s name from the case.

According to the case statement, Pintu and Bapen killed Prabir at the former’s flat in Amalpara area on June 18, 2018, and dismembered the body before hiding it in an abandoned water reservoir.

Dispute over money led to the killing, said the PP, citing the FIR. Police arrested Pintu on July 9 and recovered Prabir’s remains from the reservoir.