3 to die for killing child in N’ganj

Three people were sentenced to death yesterday for killing a child in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj in 2013.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Sheikh Razia Sultana delivered the verdict in presence of the accused, said Additional Public Prosecutor Mohammad Abdur Rahim.

The court also sentenced another person to 10 years in jail, fined all the convicts Tk 10,000 each and acquitted five others in connection with the murder, he said.

The death row convicts are Fazlul Haque Munsi alias Fazal Munsi, his brother Jasim Uddin Rana alias Langra Jasim, and one Raju of Durgaprasad village.

Five-year-old Soaib Hossein, son of Nazmul Islam Masum of Mangalergaon village, went missing on February 20, 2013, after he went out to play with his friends.

Six days later Soaib was found dead in a bush nearby his house, according to the case statement.

Soaib's father Nazmul filed the case against 13 people, including the convicts, with Sonargaon Police Station. He said perpetrators killed his son over previous enmity.

Yesterday expressing dissatisfaction with the verdict, Nazmul said, "I had hoped that all the accused would be sentenced to death. But only three people were handed down the punishment. I will appeal to the High Court for capital punishment of the acquitted accused."