A Chattogram court has awarded life term imprisonment to three snatchers for killing a man in Chattogram 23 years ago.
Judge of the Public Safety Tribunal of Chattagram Md Selim Meah pronounced the verdict on Monday (May 22). The court convicted three snatchers named Khurshed Alam, Mohammad Hasan and Md Jashim Uddin.
The court also fined the convicts Tk 10,000 each, in default, they will have to suffer more six months of jail.
The prosecution story in brief is that the convicted snatchers gunned down Md Hossain, hailed from Kurbanigonj area in the Chattogram city under Kotwali thana while he tried to abstract them from snatching on his way to mosque to perform Johur prayer on January 6 in 2000.
Victim’s son Mohammad Anwar Hossain, filed a case with Kotwali thana against four persons on that day.
Sub-Inspector Jahangir Alam submitted the charge sheet before the court on 27 June in 2002 while the court framed charges on April 5 in 2003.
The court pronounced the judgment after examining seven prosecution’s witnesses out of 16. The Judge delivered the verdict in presence of two convicts, court sources said.
Lawyers of convicts said that they appeal challenging the verdict. On the other hand, the plaintiff side is happy over the verdict. They demand immediate execution of the verdict.
