A Dhaka court has sentenced 12 people to death for killing Mubarak Hossain Bhuiyan, a law chamber clerk, over a land dispute in Kishoreganj four years ago.
The court jailed two of the accused for one year and acquitted another man. The tribunal also fined the convicts Tk 20,000 each.
Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 Judge Monir Kamal announced the verdict on Monday.
The condemned convicts are-Mahabubur Rahman Bhuiya, Mozammel Haque Bhuiya,
Afzal Bhuiya, Nayan Bhuiya, Bhulon Bhuiya, Ruhul Amin, Emdadul Haque, Shipon Mia, Sultana Akter, Delwar Hossain, Bidhan Sannashi and Nilufa Akter of Bajitpur upazila in Kishoreganj district.
Of them, Sultana, Selwar, Bidhan and Nilufa were tried in absentia. Besides, it sentenced two others-Tasnima Akter and Shamim alias Foysal bin Ruhul to one year imprisonment each in the case.
On October 22, 2015, Mubarak Hossain was beaten to death with a spear near the Gothalia Primary School field in Bajitpur over the issue of constructing a room for an organisation for the disabled. Mubarak, son of Ishad Bhuiyan, was a founder member of the organisation.
The accused had a dispute with Mubarak’s family over land which resulted in his murder, prosecutors said.
Lawyer Mozammel Haque Bhuiyan, younger brother of Mubarak, filed a case with Bajitpur Police Station over the murder. Police Inspector Mokbul Hossain Mollah submitted the charges to the court in 2017, naming 16 persons.
The trial of a minor named in the case was shifted to the juvenile justice court.
The trial opened for 15 accused the same year at the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-3. The court gave the verdict on Monday after hearing the testimonies of 23 among the 31 witnesses.
