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A Chattogram court on Monday sentenced three people to death for killing covered-van driver Md Sajib, 27, and concealing his body in the city’s Pahartali area.
The court also fined each convict Tk 50,000.
Judge Md Tajul Islam of the Fifth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court of Chattogram delivered the verdict around noon, said Court Bench Assistant SM Kawsar Sagar.
The condemned convicts are Md Nurul Amin of Baniachong in Habiganj, Md Shahjahan of Debidwar in Cumilla and Md Nurul Alam Tutul of Sadar upazila in Feni.
Nurul Amin and Shahjahan are absconding, and the court issued arrest warrants against them. Tutul was sent to jail under a conviction warrant following the verdict.
According to the case documents, police recovered the unidentified body of a man from an agricultural field at Sekander on October 27, 2021. The field was located beside the Toll Road in Pahartali, west of land acquired by the Industrial Police.
The body was later identified as Sajib, a resident of Chatkhil in Noakhali, through fingerprints and his National Identity Card. He had gone missing after leaving home on October 17, 2021.
When the body was recovered 10 days later, it bore injuries to the back of the head, chest and other parts of the body. Police suspected that he had been beaten and stabbed.
Police later arrested two of the accused, who reportedly confessed to the killing in statements recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The court delivered the verdict after recording statements from 21 of the 36 witnesses listed in the case.
Under the law, the convicts will have seven days to appeal the verdict before the High Court.