2 handed death sentence for murder

A Khulna court on Wednesday sentenced two people to death for killing a young man in 2015, reports UNB.

The convicts are Raju, 30 and Ibrahim, 32 of Digholia upazila. Of them, Ibrahim was tried in absentia.

According to the prosecution, Ramjan Ali, 28, a rickshaw van puller of Senati in the upazila was picked up by the convicts over previous enmity on 12 December 2015. He was found dead at Aronghata in the city 11 days later.

The victim's brother filed a case with Digholia police station.

Police submitted charge sheet against two people on 8 December 2016.

Additional district and sessions judge Bushra Sayeda handed down the verdict.