BSS-36 3 awarded death penalty for killing minor boy in N’ganj

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3 awarded death penalty for killing minor boy in N’ganj

NARAYANGAJ, Nov 30, 2020 (BSS) – A court here today sentenced three persons to death and one to 10 years imprisonment for killing a 5-year old boy in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj in 2013.

Narayanganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Sheikh Razia Sultana handed down the verdict in presence of the accused.

The court also acquitted four others in connection with the murder, said Additional Public Prosecutor Abdur Rahim.

The death row convicts are Jasim Uddin, Raju Miah and Haque.

According to the prosecution, Soaib Hossein, son of Nazmul Islam Masum of Mangalergaon village, went missing on February 20, 2013.

Six days after he went missing, Soaib, a class-I student of Shantinagar’s Darul Nazat Nurani Madrasah, was found dead in a bush nearby his house.

Nazmul Islam, father of the Soaib, filed a case against 13 people, including the convicts, with Sonargaon Police Station.

BSS/CORR/TRA/TAN/RY/20:22 hrs