Seven get death penalty in quadruple murder in city
Friday, 30 November 2007
Seven persons were awarded capital punishment by a speedy trial court in the city Thursday for the murder of four people in the city's Badda area, reports UNB.
The convicts to go to gallows are Atiqur Rahman Masum, Shafiqul Islam Masud, Mahfuz, Wasim, Siramin Islam Nahid, Mohsin and Noor Alam Nuru. All the convicts are young and residents of the same area.
Of them, Masud and Wasim were tried in absentia, as they have been on the run.
Among a total of eight accused, Polash Ahmed Tusar has been acquitted. According to the prosecution, the assailant group attacked the four victims-Tajul Islam, Masum, Rubel and Alauddin-behind Ranipur Alatunnessa School at Badda on February 7, 2006 in their bid to take control of a fish enclosure.
"All the four were killed on the spot," said the prosecution story of the quadruple murder.
A case was filed later with the Gulshan police station. After examining 20 witnesses out of 46 and records of the case, Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge M Anwar Hossain delivered the verdict. "The convicts looked quite normal hearing the judgement awarding them death penalty," said a first-hand account of the scene. On the other hand, in Narshingdi, a court Wednesday convicted a man and awarded him death penalty for killing his wife in 2005. The convict is Ali Newaj Mollah of Shukundi village under Monohordi Upazila.
According to the prosecution, Ali Newaj and his family members strangled Ali's wife Shilpi Begum to death following a brawl over dowry on November 11, 2005. A case was filed against five people in this connection.
Later, the police submitted the charge sheet against four people. After examining records and nine witnesses, judge of Women and Children Repression Tribunal Mia Mohammad Sharif Hossain handed down the verdict in a crowded court.
Three other accused were acquitted as their guilt was not proved.
The convicts to go to gallows are Atiqur Rahman Masum, Shafiqul Islam Masud, Mahfuz, Wasim, Siramin Islam Nahid, Mohsin and Noor Alam Nuru. All the convicts are young and residents of the same area.
Of them, Masud and Wasim were tried in absentia, as they have been on the run.
Among a total of eight accused, Polash Ahmed Tusar has been acquitted. According to the prosecution, the assailant group attacked the four victims-Tajul Islam, Masum, Rubel and Alauddin-behind Ranipur Alatunnessa School at Badda on February 7, 2006 in their bid to take control of a fish enclosure.
"All the four were killed on the spot," said the prosecution story of the quadruple murder.
A case was filed later with the Gulshan police station. After examining 20 witnesses out of 46 and records of the case, Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge M Anwar Hossain delivered the verdict. "The convicts looked quite normal hearing the judgement awarding them death penalty," said a first-hand account of the scene. On the other hand, in Narshingdi, a court Wednesday convicted a man and awarded him death penalty for killing his wife in 2005. The convict is Ali Newaj Mollah of Shukundi village under Monohordi Upazila.
According to the prosecution, Ali Newaj and his family members strangled Ali's wife Shilpi Begum to death following a brawl over dowry on November 11, 2005. A case was filed against five people in this connection.
Later, the police submitted the charge sheet against four people. After examining records and nine witnesses, judge of Women and Children Repression Tribunal Mia Mohammad Sharif Hossain handed down the verdict in a crowded court.
Three other accused were acquitted as their guilt was not proved.