Ashraful Islam Joy:
A court in Sirajganj on Sunday noon sentenced a man to death for killing his father over a family feud in the district’s Ullapara upazila.
The convict is Rejaul Karim Labu, son of Idris Ali of Koimajhuria village in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district.
The court also fined him Tk 50,000, in default, he will have to serve six more months in jail.
Two more accused of the case were also sentenced to three months imprisonment by the court.
They are Renuka Begum, wife of slain Idris Ali and Ismat Ara, wife of the convicted accused Rejaul Karim Labu.
Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, Judge of Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-3 in Sirajganj delivered the verdict in presence of the accused, said advocate Abdul Latif, APP of the respective court.
According to the prosecution brief, police recovered the body of Idris Ali from a pond in Alidaho village under Solonga police station in the upazila on March 4, 2020. Later, his son Rejaul Karim filed a case with the respective police station in this connection.
After an investigation, police came to know that, the plaintiff Rejaul was the killer of his father, while the two others were involved with the conspiracy centering a feud over land. Later, the investigation officer (IO) submitted charge sheet to the court against the three.