A Dhaka court yesterday awarded life imprisonment to actor ATM Shamsuzzaman’s younger son, ATM Khalequzzaman Kushol, 36, for murdering his elder brother.
Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal 1 Judge Shahed Nuruddin pronounced the verdict in the presence of the convict.
Terming the murder heinous, the court awarded Kushol life-time rigorous imprisonment. The court also fined him Tk50,000, in default of which he would have to serve another year.
On March 13, 2012, Kabir, then 35-years-old, the eldest son of Shamsuzzaman was stabbed to death by his youngest brother, ATM Khalequzzaman Kushol, then 33-years-old, at the family residence in Dhaka’s Sutrapur neighbourhood.
On June 25, 2012, police submitted charge sheet and on October 31 of the same year, the court indicted Kushol.
ATM Shamsuzzman filed a case with Sutrapur police station following the murder. Shortly after the incident, police arrested Kushol from the house.
ATM Shamsuzzaman gave a deposition before the court against his own son on January 30, 2013.
“It was around 2:30 or 3pm when I heard a sound at the entrance to our residence and rushed to find a locksmith picking the lock.
“When I asked who had for sent him, he said it was Kabir. I found Kamal [Kabir] standing by the entrance and told him that this would have been unnecessary had he simply knocked.
“I had a quarrel with Kabir. He was in a foul mood and started insulting me. At one stage, I slapped him, and he knocked me over. Kushol came out of his room and asked him [Kabir] why he had raised his hand against me.”
“At one stage of the quarrel, I found Kabir on the bed bleeding profusely. I fainted.”
“Then I heard Kushol saying ‘I will not escape, save the life of Kabir bhai,” Shamsuzzman said.
