3 to die for killing teacher in Jhenidah
A local court yesterday sentenced three accused to death and another to life imprisonment in the murder case of schoolteacher Khan Md Alauddin Ali in Jhenidah's Shailkupa upazila.
Judge Md Nazimuddaula of the District and Sessions Judge's Court delivered the verdict around noon in presence of all seven accused in the case.
Accused Rannu Khan, Jamal Khan and Kanu Khan were handed capital punishment and fined Tk 40,000 each. Shamsur Rahman Khan, another accused, was given life imprisonment and fined Tk 25,000, said court sources.
According to the case statement, the accused, armed with sharp weapons, attacked the teacher in Shitli village of Shailkupa on September 7, 2014, over a land dispute with a neighbour. Critically injured Alauddin breathed his last at the upazila health complex later that day.
The following day, the teacher's wife, Sheuli Khatun, filed the murder case with Shailkupa Police Station accusing seven people.
The court yesterday acquitted the three other accused as the charges brought against them were not proved beyond reasonable doubt.
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