N'ganj man, son get death penalty for killing relative
A Narayanganj court yesterday sentenced a man and his son to death for killing 1 of their minor relatives after abduction in 2015.
Judge Mohammad Ali Hossain of Narayanganj Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court-1 delivered the verdict in the presence of the convicts -- Billal Hossain, 61, and his son Mahfuzul Islam, 20.
Additional Public Prosecutor Abdur Rahim said the court also sentenced them to three years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) and fined Tk 50,000, in default of which, they will have to suffer 6 more months for hiding the body.
Besides, the court sentenced them to seven years' RI and fined Tk 50,000, in default of which, they will have to suffer 6 more months for the abduction.
According to the prosecution, Maqsudul Islam Tuhin, 7, was kidnapped from his residence on May 9, 2015. The next day, his cousin Mahfuzul demanded Tk 20 lakh as ransom from Tuhin's father Nasir Uddin.
On May 12, police arrested Mahfuzul in Narsingdi through mobile tracking. Following his confessional statement, police recovered Tuhin's body from a drum inside the house of Billal, who was arrested later.
Afterwards, Billal admitted that he strangled Tuhin out of revenge as his father Nasir beat him over a trifling matter.
(Source: The Daily Star)
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