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13 get life for murder

Our Correspondent, Barisal
A Barisal court on Sunday awarded life term imprisonment to 13 people for murder. The court also fined each convict Tk25, 000, in default, to suffer more two years RI and acquitted six people of charges. The convicts are Idris, Faruk, Alauddin, Rashid, Jalil, Giasuddin Howladar, Hossain Matubbar, Zakir, Md Ali Matubbar, Harun, Siddik,Azahar and Mozahar Howladar. According to the prosecution story one Motaleb Bhuiyan was beaten to death on October 1, 2004 in Kutubpur village under Muladi upazila over land dispute. Brother of the victim lodged a murder case and the investigation officer submitted charge sheet against 19 accused on December 30, 2004.