One gets death, 6 life in Kishoreganj murder case

A court in Kishoreganj on Tuesday sentenced a man to death and six others to life-term imprisonment in a murder case.

The condemned convict is Kuddus Mia, 45, while the lifers are Abul Kalam, 55, Dhalu Mia, 50, Fukan Mia alias Fukku Mia, 25, Nikul Mia, 28, Mukul Mia, 48 and Sonafor, 45.

Kishoreganj First District and Session Judge Court judge Zannatul Ferdous Ibn Haque pronounced the verdict.

The court also fined all seven Tk 50,000 each.

According to the case statement, the death-row convict and the lifers beat up and hacked Amirul Haque alias Amrut Mia, a resident of West Kutubpur village in Bajitpur upazila of the district, to death on October 10, 2015, over land dispute and previous enmity.