Bagerhat Correspondent :
Md. Rezaul Karim, Judge of Additional District and Session Judge Cour-2, Bagerhat, in judgment delivered on Monday, convicted two persons and sentenced them to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Tk.10 thousand each in default to suffer another rigorous imprisonment for 6 months more on the charge of killing one.
The learned judge also convicted 2 others and sentenced them to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 5 years and to pay a fine of Tk.5 thousand each in default to suffer another rigorous imprisonment for 3 months more in the same case and on the same charge.
Those who were awarded life-term are Rubel Mallik, son of one Fazlu Mllik of village Khardar in Bagerhat district town and Khan Md. Zihad, son of one Jahangir Khan of the same area. Those who were convicted to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 5 years are Sumana Najnin Banani, daughter of one Samad Paik of Sammilliny High School Road in Bagerhat district town and Khalid Molla, son of one Moslem Molla of village Dhairakul Bari under Batiaghata Upazila in Khulna District.
The prosecution story, in short, is that Sumana Najma Banani was given married to one Obaidul Islam Chowdhury, son of one Nurul Islam Chowdhury of Dakkhin Sarai in Bagerhat district town a few years ago.
But the marriage could not last long for the involvement of the wife in terrorism activities. So, the wife demanded a sum of Tk.2 lakh from the former husband as extortion. But the former husband Obaidu Islam Chowdhury failed to meet her demand as a result; he was stabbed to death on Alia Madrasa Road in Bagerhat district town on September 9 at night in the year 2010. In this connection a murder case was lodged with Bagerhat Model PS by the father of the deceased. Police investigated into the matter and submitted a charge sheet to the court on May 31 in the year 2011 against the convicted persons.
