Staff Correspondent
Published:30 Apr 2024, 08:41 AM
7 to die for killing Habiganj man
The court in Habiganj sentenced seven people to death and 10 others to life imprisonment for beating a senior citizen to death in 2003.
Additional District and Sessions Judge-1 Court Judge Md. Azizul Haque handed down the verdict on Tuesday (April 30) afternoon.
Besides, the accused have been fined Tk 1 lakh each.
Habiganj District and Sessions Judge Additional Public Prosecutor Saleh Uddin Ahmed confirmed the matter.
He said of the convicts, one is absconding.
On February 14, 2003, Harun Mia, a social judge and senior citizen of the area in Hurgaon village of Habiganj Sadar Upazila, was beaten to death by blocking the road due to a communal dispute.
Sumon Ahmed, the brother of Harun Mia, later filed a murder case in Habiganj Sadar Model Police Station against 47 people.