Court orders release of man serving another convict`s jail term

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UNB, Sylhet :
A court here on Sunday ordered the release of a man, who had been serving life imprisonment as proxy for a convict in a murder case.
Following a judicial probe, District and Session’s Judge Monir Ahmed Patwary also ordered filing of a deception case against four people, including proxy giver Ripon Ahmed Bhutto.
Senior Jail Super of Sylhet Jail Sagir Ahmed said Bhutto was sent to the jail on October 11, 2015 as Iqbal Hossain Bakul in connection with the killing of Ali Akbar Sumon.
Sumon, son of Cherag Ali of Paschimpara village in Sadar upazila, went missing on September 25, 2009 while returning home from the city. Later, his body was recovered from a haor.
Three people-Daras Miah alias Gayos, his wife Ruzina Begum and Bakul of Housa village in the upazila-were sentenced to life imprisonment in the case filed over the murder.
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