A court here on Monday awarded five people life-term imprisonment in a case over killing a small trader Mazam Ali Bepari in Manikganj.
The court also fined Tk 20, 000 thousand each, in default, they will have to serve 6 months more imprisonment.
Additional District and Session Judge of Manikganj Judge Sabina Yasmin handed down the verdict after examining witnesses and relevant documents and found the accused guilty.
All the five guilty Habia Begum, wife of Dukhu Mia (Dukhai) and her son Md Sohag, son of Dukhu Mia (Dukhai), Shahinur Islam Shahin @ Neron, son of Palu Bepari, Nadhon, son of Badr Uddin (Buddu) of village Dakshin Mokimpur and Alamgir of Matta Dhakuapara village of Sadar Upazila were present at the court during the verdict.
Three youths named Khalil, Ali Akbar and Tutul were acquitted of the charge.
According to the prosecution in brief, on August 3, 2015, at around 10 o'clock in the night, accused Sohag called Mazam Ali Bepari, a small trader, to come out of his house for talk. Later, Sohag along with other convicts hacked Majom to death. On the next morning, Manikganj Sadar thana police recovered the body after getting information from the locals. Mazam's body was found on the northwest side of Sohag's tin shed house.
Victim’s wife Jeleka Begum lodged a case with Manikganj Sadar Police Station on that day accusing the eight persons for killing her husband Mazam Ali Bepari.
On June 29, 2016, the then OC of Manikganj Sadar Police Station Aminur Rahman, also the investigation officer pressed charge sheet in the court against all the eight accused. The court recorded depositions by all of 14 witnesses before passing the verdict.
Additional PP Advocate Mathur Nath Sarkar defended the state while Advocate Mohammad Nazrul Islam Badsha, Md. Shah Jahan and Md. Shahjahan defended the accused person.
Mathur Nath Sarkar, the lawyer for the state expressed satisfaction with the verdict as five persons were sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder case.
However, the defendant's lawyers Nazrul Islam Badsha, Khalilur Rahman Khalil, and Md. Shah Jahan expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict. They said they would appeal against the verdict in the High Court.
