BSS
  30 May 2023, 18:50

3 awarded death penalty for killing minor girl in N'ganj

NARAYANGANJ, May 30, 2023 (BSS) - A court here today sentenced three people
to death for abducting and killing a minor girl in Rupganj upazila of the
district in 2018.

Narayanganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Nazmul
Haq Shaymol handed down the verdict.

The death row convicts are Jakir Hossain, Shahjalal and Ashraful of Kurigram
district.

According to the prosecution, the convicts abducted the three-year old girl
from her house at Vulta Tekpara in Rupganj and killed her for ransom on
October 18 in 2018.

The convicts demanded Taka 10 lakh from the minor's father Anowar Hossain.
All the trio culprits used to live at the house of victim's father by paying
money.

Following the murder, victim's father filed a case with Rupganj Thana.

Testifying witnesses and evidences, the court found them guilty and handed
down the verdict in presence of the three criminals, said Public Prosecutor
(PP) Rakib Uddin Ahmed.