A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced three people to death and six others to life imprisonment in a case filed over the killing of Md Rezaul Karim alias Abu Doctor in Rajbari in 2019.
Judge Md Rohibul Islam of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal 1 delivered the verdict.
The death-row convicts are Bablu Sardar, Tekon Sardar and Gaziyar Sarker.
The lifers are Atar Ali Chairman, Raihan Sardar, Habibur Rahman Hobi Sardar, Helal Khan, Zillur Rahman and Zia Mandal.
The tribunal also fined each convict Tk10,000.
Twelve accused were present in court when the verdict was delivered. Of them, 10 were acquitted.
As Zillur Rahman and Zia Mandal were convicted, the court ordered that they be sent to jail. The court also issued arrest warrants against the other convicts, who are absconding.
State counsel Abdul Rashid Molla confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune.
According to the case statement, an altercation broke out during a conference of the Ward 2 unit of the Awami League in Goalanda, Rajbari, on October 14, 2019.
The argument took place between Bablu Sardar, son of former chairman Atar Ali and a Jubo League leader, and Hafizul Islam, chairman of Debgram Union Parishad.
At one stage, Hafizul allegedly pushed Bablu out of the conference.
Later, a group led by Atar Ali attacked Hafizul’s supporters at the three-road intersection near Atar Ali Bazar while they were returning from the program, the case statement says.
Rezaul, son of complainant Md Mobarak Molla, was passing through the area when the accused beat him up.
Locals took him to Goalanda Government Hospital by rickshaw in critical condition. He was later referred to Faridpur Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Mobarak later filed the murder case.
After investigating the case, police submitted a charge sheet against 22 people on October 5, 2022.
During the trial, the court recorded the testimonies of 29 witnesses.
