3 awarded death penalty for killing 4 kids in Habiganj

A Sylhet court on Wednesday sentenced three people to death on charge of murder of four kids in Habiganj in 2016.

The death convicts are - Rubel Mia, Arzoo Mia and Ustar Mia.

The court also awarded seven years imprisonment to two. Two others were acquitted from the charges, however.

The Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal judge handed down the verdict.

According to the case statement, the four children - Zakaria Ahmed Shuvo, 8, son of Wahid Miah, his two cousins Tajel Miah, 10, son of Abdul Aziz, and Monir Miah, 7, son of Abdal Miah, and Ismail Hossain, 10, son of Abdul Quadir - went missing while playing in a field in the village on 12 February in 2016.

On 13 February, Shuvo’s father Wahid Miah filed a general diary with Bahubal police station in this connection while Monir’s father filed an abduction case with the same police station on 16 February.

Informed by locals, the police recovered the bodies of Shuvo, Tajel, Monir and Ismail unearthing the ground in Isabil area on 17 February.

A total of six people were arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of the four schoolboys.

Of them, Jewel Miah and his younger brother Rubel Miah made confessional statements before the court under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Meanwhile, another accused, Bachhu Miah, was killed in a gunfight with the RAB at Deorgachh in Chunarughat of the district on 25 February.