A Barishal court on Monday sentenced a man to death and three others to life in jail in a case over killing a motorcyclist in Bakerganj upazila of Barishal around four years back.
Barishal District and Sessions Judge KM Rasheduzaaman Raja also fined the convicts Tk 10,000 each, said the court’s Public Prosecutor Obayed Ullah Saju.
The convicts--Russell Hawlader, Shaheen, Bellal and Idris, are from Sadar upazila of Barguna.
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Russell was handed the death penalty and all the convicts were on the dock of the court during the delivery of the judgment.
The court also acquitted one Syed Mridha Khalil from the charges as the allegations brought against him were not proved.
According to the case statement, the convicts went to Khairabad village under the upazila to install a tube well on March 5, 2019.
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The workers killed victim Faisal Ahmed Prince, a biker by profession on hire at the village, hitting on his head with a heavy object and snatched away his mobile phone, motorbike and Taka in cash.
Later, the victim’s father Shahidul Islam filed a case with Bakerganj police station on the following day of the incident.
Police pressed chargesheet against the accused on July 31, 2020.
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