Two get death, three others get life in prison for murdering youth in Bogura
A Bogura court today sentenced two people to death and three others to life in prison in a case filed for killing a youth at a temple in Shajahanpur upazila in 2016.
Bogura Additional District and Sessions Judge Ishrat Jahan gave the verdict in presence of all the convicts today.
The death row convicts are Md Bipul (27) of Shajahanpur upazila and Md Arun (25) of Sadar upazila.
Meanwhile, Rajib Sarkar (30), Robiul Islam Sony (27) and Alam (25) of Shajahanpur upazila were sentenced to life in prison, said Binoy Kumar Ghose Razath, additional public prosecutor of the court.
Fourteen witnesses gave their testimonies in the murder case. There is another accused who is a teenager and his verdict will be given at the juvenile court, said the lawyer.
The convicts on April 2, 2016 beat up and stabbed Sonatan Chandra (28), a volunteer of a temple to death, at the Gandagram village, after he protested against eve-teasing of girls who were attending a ritual at the temple.
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