Four to die for murder
A court here on Monday sentenced four men to death for killing a businessman in 2014.
The convicts are Nuru Mia, Ziaul Haque, Lokman Khan and Qadir Hossain of Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar upazila. Of them, Nuru, Lokman and Quadir were tried in absentia.
According to the prosecution, Abdul Hannan Bahar, 45, used to run wholesale cosmetics business in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area. Retailers used to buy products from him on credit before Eid festivals.
In 2014, Hannan went to convict Lokman’s shop in Bangara area of Cumilla’s Muradnagar upazila to collect his dues.
Later, Lokman asked Hannan to come to the house of his in-laws in Bramanbaria’s Banchharampur upazila. Lokman and his accomplices then threw him into the Titas river and fled the scene.
Two day after the incident, police recovered the body from the river.
The victim’s brother later filed a murder case with Banchharampur Model Police Station.
After examining witnesses and evidence, District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Safiul Azam found the four guilty and pronounced the verdict.
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