5 to die for killing police constable in Motijheel
A Dhaka court today sentenced five people to death in a case filed over the killing of police constable Badal Miah in the city's Motijheel area in February 2013.
The convicts are: Ripon Nath Ghosh, Bishwsjit Chandra Das, Ratan Chandra Das, Ibrahim Khalil alias Kasai Khalil and Humayun Kabir.
Judge Md Tahsin Iftekhar of Dhaka's 7th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court handed down the verdict in presence of three convicts.
Ripon and Humayun are absconding.
Earlier, the prosecution and the defence completed their closing arguments and the court recorded statements of 25 prosecution witnesses, including the complainant of the case.
According to the prosecution, a gang of criminals led by Ripon abducted the victim from his post in Shahbagh area on February 21, 2013.
They killed the victim and dumped the body on the T&T School and College Road.
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