2 to walk gallows for killing schoolboy Nafiz

A tribunal in Dhaka on Tuesday sentenced two men to death for killing schoolboy Nafiz in Keraniganj in 2012. The convicts are M Ali Hossain, son of Surut Ali, and M Shafique, son of Mohammad Hanif of Puratan Sonakanda village in Keraniganj upazila. Judge ABM Sajedur Rahman of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 acquitted another accused, M Khalil, son of Abdul Aziz of Banuartek of the upazila. According to the procession, Nafiz, 6, a play group student of Provati Bidyaniketan Kindergarten School and son of Arab Ali of Puratan Sonakanda village, had gone out to buy chocolates from a grocery near his house on February 21, 2012, and did not return home. On the same day, some unidentified people demanded Tk 0.5 million from Nafiz’s family members over phone as a ransom for his release. Local people recovered Nafiz’s body near Mollahbari Mosque of the village on February 23, two days after he had gone missing. On the same day (Feb 23), the victim’s maternal grandfather Bachchu Mia filed a case against some unidentified people. Investigation Officer (IO) of Keraniganj Police Station Shahadat Hossain submitted the charge sheet against three people. After examining 16 witnesses and documents, the Judge pronounced the verdict today, according to UNB.