A court in Faridpur on Sunday sentenced a man to death and another to life term imprisonment for killing an 8-year-old boy in 2019.
The condemned convicts were Md Zinder Khalifa, son of Tuku Khalifa of Meherdia village of Nagarkanda upazila and Mahabul Sheikh, son of Kaju Sheikh of the same area.
Judge Md. Hafizur Rahman of Faridpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal (District and Session Judge) handed down the judgement in the presence of two convicts, said Public Prosecutor Swapan Pal.
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PP Swapan Pal said victim Abu Bakkar, 8, son of Pachu Khalifa of Meherdia village of Nagarkanda upazila of the district, went to Purapara market in the afternoon of July 1, 2019.
Mahabul Sheikh abducted Bakkar from the market.
Later, Zinder Khalifa and Mahabul demanded Tk 3 lakh from the child's father as ransom.
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As Bakkar's father refused to pay the ransom, they killed the child and buried him in the garbage of a canal, PP Swapan Pal added.
Later, a case was filed at Nagarkanda police station following a complaint lodged by Pachu Khalifa.