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Two get death penalty for killing man in Kishoreganj

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Published: 10:56, 26 February 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Two get death penalty for killing man in Kishoreganj

Staff Correspondent: A tribunal has sentenced two men to death in a case filed for allegedly slicing the body of a person named Sobuj Mia into fourteen pieces in Bazitpur upazila of Kishoreganj.

Judge Abdur Rahman Sardar of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka announced the verdict on Sunday noon.

The death row convict are – Md Enam Hossain Khokon and Md Una Mia alias Una dacoit. Enam is on the run.

The tribunal also sentenced Md Sadek, accused of damaging evidences of the case, five years of rigorous imprisonment and fined TK5000.

Meanwhile, the tribunal acquitted accused Shahin Mia, Saiful Islam alias Tipu, Badrul Alam alias Shipu and Mamun Mia as the allegations brought against them have not been proven.

Sobuj Mia went missing on August 21 in 2012. Three days later his wallet was found at a brickfield near a lake in Bazitpur Upazila's Sarachar. After searching the lake, a sack was founding containing body, cut in fourteen pieces.

The victim's family filed a case with the local police in this connection.

Police pressed charges on seven people in the case, which was later transferred to the speedy trial tribunal.

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