A Chapainawabganj court has sentenced six people to rigorous life imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of a man in 2012.
The convicts are Sahar Banu, 44, her son Abdul Hakim, 31, sister Hajera Begum, 48, and brothers Riazul Islam, 58, Matiur Rahman, 46 and Habibur Rahman, 41.
Judge Md Ziaur Rahman of Chapainawabganj Additional District and Sessions Judge’s court passed the verdict in the presence of the six Wednesday afternoon.
The court also fined them Tk10,000 each; in default they will have to stay three more months behind bars.
According to the judgement, Sahar Banu took Tk70,000 from her husband Abdur Rahman and lent it to her brother Matiur. There had been a longstanding row between Sahar and her husband as Matiur failed to pay back the money to Abdur Rahman.
However, on the night of February 2, 2012, the six convicts took Abdur Rahman, of Housenagar village in the district’s Shibganj upazila, to a mango orchard near his house and killed him by hanging him from a tree.
On May 18, 2012, Case Investigation Officer Ruhul Amin submitted a charge sheet to the court after the victim’s brother, Rafiqul Islam, lodged a case with Shibganj police station on February 3.This article was first published on banglatribune.com
Thursday, June 04, 2026
