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BANGLADESH: 2 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR DOUBLE-MURDER
May 12, 2015: A Dhaka court awarded death penalty to two persons and life-term jail to one for killing an elderly couple in Faridpur.
Judge of Dhaka-4 Speedy Trial Tribunal ABM Nizamul Haq passed the order nearly two years after the murder.
The death row convicts were—Nazrul Islam and Sujon Bepari. While life-timer Tanvir was also fined Tk 20,000.
Case statement reads- the trio slaughtered BIWTA officials Shamsul Haq, 70 and his wife Nargis Bagum, 60 on October 26 in 2013.
Later Kamrul Ahsan, son of the slain official, filed a case with Faridpur Kotwali Thana. The accused were arrested on November 17 of same year. (Sources: banglanews24.com, 12/05/2015)
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