Swarnomoyee Mostafa Oishy

A court in Sirajganj on Tuesday sentenced a man to death and seven others to life term imprisonment in a case filed over killing of mother and son in Purba Moheshpur village of Ullapara upazila in the district.

The court also fined Tk 1 lakh each, in default; they will have to suffer one more year in Jail.

Mohammad Erfan Ullah, Judge of Additional District and Sessions Judge Court in Sirajganj delivered the verdict at noon in presence of the accused.

Advocate Md Abu Bakkar Siddique, Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) confirmed the matter to TDS after pronouncing of the verdict.

One of the accused, who got death sentence, has been identified as Hafizul Islam, son of Shahzahan Pramanik of Purba Moheshpur village in Ullapara upazila. Those, who got life term imprisonment, have been identified as Delwar Hossain Dulal, Bachchu Mian, Dulal Sarker, Masud Ullah Raton, Rahmat Ullah Panna, Rafiqul Islam and Badiuzzaman of the same village.

According to prosecution brief, the accused hacked Altaf Hossain Mukul and his mother to death on June 26, 2019 centering a dispute over local mosque and ‘Balumohal’.

After the incident, Mukul’s wife Shamim Ara lodged a case with Ullapara police station in this connection accusing 21 persons.

Police also arrested the mentioned seven persons in the case and after an investigation, submitted chargesheet against 11 persons.

After completion of the hearing of 20 witnesses, the court delivered the verdict, where the rest accused were acquitted as the allegation brought against them could not be proved.