Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced five people to death and two others to life term imprisonment in a murder case.
The convicts are: former president of Harirampur Matshyajibi Samity Haji Ajgar Ali, Mohammad Selim, Alkes, Khalilur Rahman and Md Raju.
The life-term imprisoned convicts are: Kadar Ali and Ruhul Amin. They were also fined Tk 25,000 each, in default, they will have to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a year more.
The prosecution story says, Basu Mia and Ajgar Ali had been at loggerheads over a boundary wall near Basu’s three-storey under-construction building in Laltek of Goranchat area under Shah Ali Police Station.
Because of the enmity, Ajgar hired his brother-in-law Kadar Ali, an alleged criminal, to kill Basu for Tk 5,00,000. On May 14, 2012, Ajgar Ali along with other accomplices swooped on Basu and shot him dead.
DB Inspector Mainul Islam, also the Investigation Officer of the case, submitted charge sheet to the court against 14 people on May 21, 2013.
After examining the records and depositions of the witnesses, Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-4 judge, Zahidul Kabir pronounced the verdict on Sunday.
The court acquitted six accused persons of the charges while an accused died during the trial process.
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced five people to death and two others to life term imprisonment in a murder case.
The convicts are: former president of Harirampur Matshyajibi Samity Haji Ajgar Ali, Mohammad Selim, Alkes, Khalilur Rahman and Md Raju.
The life-term imprisoned convicts are: Kadar Ali and Ruhul Amin. They were also fined Tk 25,000 each, in default, they will have to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a year more.
The prosecution story says, Basu Mia and Ajgar Ali had been at loggerheads over a boundary wall near Basu’s three-storey under-construction building in Laltek of Goranchat area under Shah Ali Police Station.
Because of the enmity, Ajgar hired his brother-in-law Kadar Ali, an alleged criminal, to kill Basu for Tk 5,00,000. On May 14, 2012, Ajgar Ali along with other accomplices swooped on Basu and shot him dead.
DB Inspector Mainul Islam, also the Investigation Officer of the case, submitted charge sheet to the court against 14 people on May 21, 2013.
After examining the records and depositions of the witnesses, Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-4 judge, Zahidul Kabir pronounced the verdict on Sunday.
The court acquitted six accused persons of the charges while an accused died during the trial process.
