Two to die for killing shop employee in Rajshahi

A Rajshahi court has sentenced two people to death for hacking a mobile store employee to death in Bagha upazila, reports bdnews24.com.

Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Mohammad Mohiduzzaman also sentenced another suspect to three years in prison in the verdict he delivered on Wednesday.

The death row convicts are Aminul Islam aka Shaon (30), and Masud Rana (26). Mehedi Hasan Rocky (25) received the jail sentence.

The victim - 23-year-old Zahurul Islam - hailed from Manigram Bazar and worked as a salesman at Mehedi Hasan Moni's telecom and electronics store in Panikumra Bazar.

On Jan 5, 2021, Zahurul went to collect money for a smartphone sale when he was hacked to death in a pre-meditated manner.

State counsel Entajul Haque Babu said Masud and Shaon had bought three smartphones saying they would pay later.

They had planned to kill Zahurul because they had been unable to pay up while Zahurul had been asking for the money, Entajul said.