5 get life for murder

22 November 2009, 17:00 PM

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet

A special tribunal in Sylhet on Tuesday sentenced five people in a murder case. The convicts are: Abdul Karim, Dilara Begum, Komola Begum, Hosna Begum and Syeda Jesmin Nahar. Additional District and Sessions Judge-V Md Belayet Ullah at the special tribunal also fined the accused Tk 30,000 each, in default, to suffer four more years in jail. According to the prosecution story, following a family feud, the convicts in the case swooped on Jamal Uddin alias Rosu Miah of village Moricha under Zakiganj upazila at about 11:30 pm on March 3, 2004. Rosu died on the spot as he was hit by an axe. His son Nurul Islam later filed a case. On investigation, police filed charge sheet against the accused on July 22 same year.