Two gets jail till death, two others get 10-year imprisonment for killing child in Tangail

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TANGAIL, Jan 26, 2021 (BSS) – A court in Tangail today sentenced two persons
to jail until death and two others to ten-year imprisonment for abducting and
murdering a child in 2013.

The court also fined, the two persons jailed until death taka one lakh each, in
default.

Khaleda Yasmin, judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal
in Tangail, delivered the verdict today.

The convicts are Jahangir Hossain, 30, son of Shahjahan of Rampur area of
Ghatail upazila and Gautam Chandra Arya, 30, son of Hiralal Arya of Kamakha
Bari area of Gopalpur upazila.

The other two accused sentenced to 10 years in prison are – Hasan Ali, 17, son of
Abdul Halim of Niamatpur Kazipur area of Ghatail upazila and Sohel, 17, son of
Fazlul Haque of Ruhuli Paschim Para area of Bhunapur upazila.

According to the case, APP Shahanshah Mintu, a regular lawyer for the state said
Masud Rana Soyan, granddaughter of Majeda Begum of Ruhuli village in Bhunapur
upazila went to Matikata Government Primary School on September 30, 2013 at
around 10:30 am.

The convicts abducted the child on a motorcycle from the spot. The accused later
demanded Taka 5 lakh as ransom from the child’s family. The convicts killed the
child, as they failed to get the ransom money,

Soon after the incident, on October 3, 2013, the child’s grandmother Majeda
Begum filed a case with the Bhunapur Police Station.

Police submitted charge-sheet against the accused upon completion of
the investigation.

After examining the records and witnesses, the judge delivered the verdict this
noon.