A Netrakona court yesterday sentenced four people to death for the brutal killing of a man while he was offering his Esha prayer at a mosque.
Abu Talib, 48, Abdur Razzak, 35, Siddik, 45, and Sawpon, 28, of Bichipara village in Sadar upazila, Netrokona, hacked Aheruddin to death over previous enmity on May 25, 2001.
Sahera Begum, wife of Aheruddin, filed a killing case with Netrokona Sadar police station accusing 14 people.
After investigating, police submitted a charge sheet to the court against five people. Additional District and Session Judge Md Abdul Hamid, after examining the witnesses and evidence, found four people guilty and pronounced the verdict. The fifth defendant, Shahabuddin, was found not guilty.
