Man to die, father gets life term for murder
A Kishoreganj court yesterday sentenced a man to death and his father to life term imprisonment for killing a madrasa principal in Hossainpur upazila in 2009.
The convicts are Manik Mia, 37, of Jirani village, and his father Nurul Karim, 62.
Kishoreganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Md Abdur Rahim also fined them each Tk 2 lakh.
According to the case statement, a quarrel took place between Manik and Roksi, 16, son of Aminul Haque, 55, principal of a local madrasa, over playing cricket.
Later, Manik and his father forcibly took the boy to their house on December 14 in 2009.
When Aminul rushed to the spot to release his son, Manik stabbed Aminul on the chest. Injured Aminul died at a hospital in Dhaka on December 17.
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