11 to die for killing Habiganj farmer

HABIGANJ, Jan 31 (UNB): A court here sentenced 11 people to death on Wednesday for killing a farmer at Baghjur village in Baniachang Upazila of the district in 2001.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Mafroza Parveen handed down the verdict, said Abdul Ahad Faruk, additional public prosecutor of the court.

The condemned convicts are Shorafutullah, Romij Ali, Toriqullah, Abdur Rahman, Abdul Mannan, Bachchu Mia, Abdus Salam, Yousuf Ullah, Abdul Motlib, Abdul Hannan and Najibullah.

The court also acquitted 14 others of charges, he added.

However, one of the condemned convicts Shorafutullah and three of the acquitted persons died earlier.

According to the case statement, victim Abdul Razzak was hacked to death by some assailants on October 29, 2001 over previous enmity.