CHATTOGRAM, May 18, 2022 (BSS) - A Chattogram court today sentenced three

people to death for killing a two-year-old boy in the city's south Bakalia
area.

Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Jashim Uddin
handed down the verdict against Nazma Begum, her sons - Md Hasan and Md Farid
for killing child Abdur Rahman Araf, 2, son of Abdul Qayyum.

According to the prosecution, the accused Farid had an enmity with Nurul Alam
Miah.

The convicts plotted to kill tenant's son Araf in order to trap the building
owner, local councilor Nurul Alam Mia.

The convicts drowned Araf to death in the rooftop of the building of Nurul
Alam Mia on June 6, 2020. Later, police recovered the body on the next day.

A case was filed with Bakalia thana in this connection on June 7.

Later, police subsequently arrested Nazma, her sons - Hasan and Farid in
connection with the murder. Nazma confessed her involvement with the killing
before the court.

Bakalia thana police submitted a chargesheet against the three people on
March 21, 2021.

The court announced the verdict after examining a total of 20 prosecution
witnesses out of 26.