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CHATTOGRAM, Aug 26, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today sentenced two individuals
to death and one to life-term imprisonment for killing a youth, Mahfuzur
Rahman, from EPZ Police Station in the city.
The incident occurred in 2020 due to a family feud.
The Chattogram third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Nishaduzzaman
delivered the verdict, sentencing Tanvir Mohammad Sajeeb and Md. Hridoy to
death while Md. Ahsan alias Yasin received a life sentence in the verdict.
The court also imposed a fine of Taka 25,000 on each of the convicts.
Additionally, the court fined Yasin Taka 20,000, in default, to suffer six
months more in jail.
According to the prosecution, the victim Mahfuz Rahman's body was found in a
house near Shaheen Shah Tower in the Newmooring area of the EPZ Police
Station on May 2, 2020.
The accused tied the victim's hands and feet, covered his face and mouth, and
strangled him to death. Later, they staged the murder as a suicide by hanging
the victim from a stairwell grill.
The victim's younger brother filed a case with the EPZ Police Station on the
same day, leading to the submission of the charge-sheet on May 2, 2021 and
framing of charges on January 25, 2022.
After examining 12 out of 21 prosecution witnesses in the presence of the
convicted individuals, the court announced the verdict. Subsequently, the
convicts were sent to jail based on the original warrant.