A Tangail court on Sunday acquitted ten people and sentenced two people to life imprisonment in a case filed for killing Awami League leader Faruk Ahmed in 2013.

Judge of the Tangail Additional District and Session Judge Md Mahmudul Hasan handed down the punishment.

The lifers are—Kabir Hossain Kabir, son of Mokhlesur Rahman and Mohamamd Ali, son of Ramjan of the district.  Both of them were tried in absentia.

The court also fined  them Tk 5 lakh each, in default, to suffer one year more in rigorous imprisonment.

Those who were acquitted are—former MP Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, former Tangail municipality mayor Shahidur Rahman Khan Mukti, Zahidur Rahman Khan Kakon, former vice president of central unit banned Chhatra League Saniat Khan, Bappa, Babu, Alamgir Hossain, Nasir Uddin Nuru, Masudur Rahman and Farid Ahmed.

According to the prosecution, police recovered the bullet-hit body of former AL leader Faruk Ahmed from near his College Para residence on January 18, 2013.

Nahar Ahmed, wife of the AL leader, filed a case with Tangail Sadar Police station on  the following day.

Police arrested Anisul Islam Raza and Mohammad Ali in 2014.

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Following the confessional statement of them, the names of former MP Rana and his three brother’s involvement was found in the case. After that they went into hiding.

Later, Rana surrendered before the court. He later secured bail in 2018 and since then he had been on the run.

On February 3, 2016, police submitted chargesheet against 14 people including AL leader Rana in the case.

During the trial proceedings Anisur Rahman Raza and Mohammad Sami died while the plaintiff of the case also died.