5 sentenced to death for killing boy in Gopalganj
A Gopalganj court today sentenced five people to death in-absentia for killing an easy-bike driver Zahidul Islam Babu at Sadar upazila in 2013.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Md Abbas Uddin delivered the verdict this afternoon, reports our Gopalganj correspondent quoting Public Prosecutor Md Fazlul Rahman.
The court also fined them Tk 50,000 each.
The convicts are Khalid Fakir, Razzaq Mollah, Bipul Fakir -- residents of Chandradigholia village under Sadar upazila and Hasan Sheikh of Baspur village under Kashiani upazila and Fasiyar Mollahof Chachai village under Lohagara upazila in Narail district.
The convicts are all absconding.
The victim Zahidul Islam Babu (16) of Gopalganj Sadar upazila went missing on September 25, 2013, after he went out of his house getting a phone call from Khalid Fakir.
Police later recovered Zahid's body from Bhulbaria Bridge area on Dhaka-Khulna highway on October 2 of the year.
The victim's father on the same day filed a murder case against Khalid Fakir and Razzak Mollah at Gopalganj Sadar Police Station.
Sub-inspector Azizul Rahman of Gopalganj Sadar Police Station submitted charge sheet against five individuals on December 24, 2014.
After examining witnesses and evidence, the court handed down the verdict.
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