4 to die for killing college student

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A Satkhira court on Wednesday sentenced four people to death for killing a college student in 2016, reports UNB.

The condemned convicts are Ali Ahmed Shaon, son of a certain Abdul Alim, Shahadat Hossain, son of Abdul Karim, Saju Sheikh, son of Rezaul Sheikh and Nazmul Hossain of Debhata, Satkhira.

Of them, Saju and Shawon tried in absentia.

According to the prosecution, Goutam Sarker, a second-year student of Shimanto Degree College and son of Ganesh Sarker, a union parishad member from Mahadebnagar village in sadar upazila, was killed after being abducted by the accused following previous enmity on 13 December 2016.

The victim's father filed a case accusing six people on 16 December 2016.

On 18 April 2017, police submitted charge-sheet against 10 people.

After examining records and witnesses, Satkhira district and session judge Sadiqul Islam Talukder handed down the verdict and acquitted six others as allegations brought against them could not be proved.