3 to die for killing ATN videographer
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced three muggers to death for killing Shafiqul Islam alias Mithu, senior videographer of ATN Bangla, in 2010.
The convicts are Md Sujan, Md Ratan and Md Raju.
Mithu, 40, was found dead at Mirpur-Uttara embankment in Rustampur, on the outskirts of the capital, on May 9, 2010.
Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court handed down the verdict in a crowded courtroom in presence of the convicts.
The convicts can appeal challenging the legality of the sentence within seven days from the day the judgement copy is received.
Earlier, the prosecution and the defence completed their arguments and the court recorded statements of 20 out of 36 prosecution witnesses including complainant of the case.
According to the prosecution, Mithu, a resident of Madhyapara, fell victim to muggers while returning home by a rented microbus from his office at Karwan Bazar on May 8, 2010. The muggers boarded the vehicle in guise of passengers.
After the muggers discovered Mithu's identity, they took him somewhere else, strangled him and dumped his body near the dam.
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