Eight awarded death sentence for killing armyman in 2018

A fast-track court in Khulna Wednesday sentenced eight men to death for killing an army personnel in Jhenaidah in 2018, reports UNB.

Khulna divisional speedy trial tribunal judge Md Nazrul Islam Hawlader handed down the punishment to the eight after holding them guilty of Lance Corporal Saiful Islam Saif's murder.

Five of the convicts were present in the court while the remaining three were tried in absentia, said public prosecutor Ahaduzzaman.

On 18 August 2018, the eight attacked Lance Corporal Saiful, his younger brother Md Monirul Islam, a Coast Guard personnel, and another person in Beltalardari while the three were travelling to Bankira on a bike.

Lance Corporal Saiful, son of Md Hafiz Uddin, a resident of Jhenaidah, was killed in the attack. He was posted at Ghatail Army Medical Training Center in Tangail district.