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2 Jashore men to die for killing child Jashore Regional Correspondent


Bangladeshpost
Published : 04 Jul 2019 07:17 PM | Updated : 28 Aug 2020 09:01 AM

A Jashore court awarded death penalty to two persons for killing a ten year-old boy 18 years ago.  

Judge of a special court Mohammad Faruque Hossain delivered the verdict on Wednesday. The court also fined the convicts Tk 20,000 each.

The convicts are-Sabedul Islam, son of Andaullah Aziz, and Abdul Hakim, son of Abdul Majid of Ghoragacha village in Jashore sadar upazila.  Public Prosecutor (PP) of Special Judge Court in Jashore SM Badruzzaman Palash said that the court acquitted two other accused as the allegation against them was not proved.

According to the case statement, the convicts killed child Imran Hossain on April 24 in 2001 as he (Imran) was stepson of Sabedul. Victim’s Imran mother Khohinur got second married Sabedul while she was divorced by her first husband Ansar Ali who is the father of Imran. Sabedul engaged in an altercation with his wife Khohinur. Later, he along with others killed the stepson.  Victim’s maternal grandfather Hayat Ali Mollick filed a case with Jashore Kotwali Model Police Station on April 25 in 2001.