A Dhaka court has pronounced the death sentence to two people in a case filed over the murder of a nursery gardener in the Cantonment area in the capital.
Judge of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 of Dhaka Ali Ahmed delivered the verdict on Sunday (July 9).
The convicts are nursery owner Mustafizur Rahman alias Liton, and another gardener Anwar Hossain. They are on the run.
According to the case statement, the nursery’s chief gardener Abul Hossain had a dispute with the convicts over the running of the business, which led to his murder.
The victim had opened the nursery in partnership with Mustafizur after securing a piece of land on lease in Kurmitola in the capital.
Mustafizur used to handle the administrative affairs of the business. But on September 5 in 2001, Mustafizur raised questions when he did not find Abul Hossain at the nursery. He was told by other nursery workers that Abul Hossain was visiting a relative at the hospital.
Two days later, Abul Hossain was found dead in a manhole in the neighbourhood.
Two gardeners were taken in for questioning afterwards. Later, Mustafizur and Anwar were placed under arrest.
Another nursery staffer Abu Taher filed a case with the Cantonment Police Station over the incident. Law enforcers pressed charges against the accused on November 11 that year. The court indicted the two and opened trial proceedings in 2003.
