A Narayanganj court on Tuesday sentenced three people to death for killing a three-year-old girl after abducting her in 2018.
The convicts are Shahjalal, 21, Khaibar Hossain, 32, and Ashraful, 19.
Narayanganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Nazmul Haque Shyamol handed down the punishment.
According to the prosecution, Jui, the three-year-old daughter of Anwar Hossain of Tekpara in Bhulta upazila, was abducted by the three on October 18, 2018.
Later, they put a gag in her mouth and tied up her hands and legs with polythene and scotch tape before killing her.
The convicts also demanded Tk10 lakh in ransom from Anwar and asked him to meet them at Kamalapur Railway Station with the money.
Anwar agreed to pay them Tk5 lakh to get his daughter back alive.
On October 19, 2018, the kidnappers left the body of Jui behind Anwar's home.
A case was filed in this connection at Rupganj police station.
Police arrested the three, and of them, two made confessional statements to a magistrate under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.