A Sylhet court has awarded death penalty to three people for the abduction and murder of fourth-grader Abu Sayeed.
Judge Abdur Rashid of Sylhet Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal pronounced the verdict on Monday afternoon.
The convicts are suspended constable Ebadur Rahman Putul of the city’s Airport police station, a so-called RAB source Ataur Rahman Geda, and Sylhet district Olama League General Secretary Nurul Islam Rakib.
The court acquitted Mahib Hossain Masum from the charge.
The convicts have been given double-death sentence for the abduction and murder. The convicts were also fined Tk1 lakh each for abduction and Tk1 lakh for murder.
On March 11, nine-year-old Abu Sayeed was abducted, while his kidnappers demanded Tk5 lakh in ransom. The child’s body was later found on March 13 in the house of constable Putul.
Abu Sayeed’s father later filed a case on this regard with the Kotwali police station on March 15.
On September 23, Investigation Officer Mosharraf Hossain, also the officer-in-charge of Kotwali station, filed the charge sheet against the four suspects.
