1 gets death, life imprisonment for 3 in Babu murder case

A Dhaka court has sentenced a man named Emdadul Haque to death and another three to life imprisonment in a case lodged over murder of Qazi Jahurul Islam Babu in the capital's Mirpur in 2013.

Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-10 passed the order in presence of the three convicts on Monday, reports BSS.

The three convicts who were sentenced to life imprisonment are-- Shahidullah, Monir and Azadul. Of the total four convicts, Shahidullah is yet to be arrested and was tried in absentia.

According to the case documents, the convicts stabbed Qazi Jahurul Islam Babu to death on July 17, 2013. Babu's brother Qazi Tajul Islam filed the case with Mirpur Model Police Station on the same day. Police filed charge-sheet on July 26, 2014.

The court today came up with the judgment after examining 13 out of 15 witnesses on different hearing dates.