5 to die for murder in Sunamganj

Sunamganj – A court here on Thursday sentenced five people, including three siblings, to death for killing a man in Tahirpur upazila here in 2006.The condemned convicts were Md Abdur Rahim, son of Md Kachna Miah, three siblings-Ershad Ali and Julhas Miah and Emran Miah, sons of Azim Uddin and Mohorom Ali, son Montaj Miah of Sundor Pahari Kalikapur village of the upazila.

Among them, the three siblings were tried in absentia.According to the prosecution, the convicts stabbed Arju Miah, a resident of the same village, to death following previous enmity in front of his house on November 15, 2006 Victim’s son Nazrul Islam filed a murder case against 11 people in this connection.After examining the records and witnesses, judge of additional sessions judge court Pronoy Kumar Das handed down the verdict.agences