2 to die, 4 get life term
A Kushtia court yesterday handed down death sentences to two people and life term imprisonment to three others for killing a youth in 2012.
Those given death sentence are Nazmul Hossain, 27, of Mirpur upazila, and Mohammad Rony, 24, of Bheramara upazila in Kushtia.
The lifers are Mohammad Rabbi, 23, and Rafiqul Islam, 30, of Chourhas area in the town, and Suja Uddin, 25, of Kumargara area.
According to the prosecution, the convicts called Sohag Hossain, 24, son of Abbas Uddin of Kumargara in Kushtia town, out of his home on October 9 in 2012 and took him to Hardinge Bridge area in Bheramara, about 25 kilometres from Kushtia town, and killed him there before snatching his costly mobile phone.
Three days after the murder, Sohag’s body was recovered from the Padma river.
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