Man to die for killing uncle in Pirojpur

A court in Pirojpur on Wednesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his maternal uncle in 2013.

The convict Nibas Chandra Shil, 30, was also fined Tk20,000.

According to the prosecution, Nibas hacked his uncle Hemlal Chandra Shil, a resident of Solshoto village in Najirpur upazila, over a land-related dispute on 9 September 2013, leaving him injured.

Hemlal was rushed to Najirpur Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead.

Shyamol Kumar Shil, son of the deceased, filed a murder case against Nibas with Najirpur Police Station.

Abdul Gaffar Molla, sub-inspector of the police station, submitted a charge-sheet against Nibas on 30 November 2013.

After examining the records and witnesses, District and Sessions Judge Golam Kibria handed down the verdict.