Dhaka – The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing class V student Abdullah of Keraniganj in Dhaka last year.Judge Sayeed Ahmed of the tribunal also sentenced two others to imprisonment of separate terms. Death sentenced fugitive Khorshed Alam was also fined Tk 20,ooo. Convict Mehedi Hasan Shamim was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment and his sister Mitu Akter to one year’s imprisonment.
Besides, she was also fined Tk 5,000. However, her bail petition was granted.
Hearing the verdict Abdullah’s mother Rina Begum seemed visibly disappointed in the court complex. The crying mother said, “I don’t accept his verdict. I’ll filed an appeal with the apex court”.
The brief prosecution story says, Abdullah, 11, a class v student of Mugarchar Government Primary School and son of expatriate Badal Hossain, was kidnapped by his neighbours on January 29, 2016. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of Tk 5 lakh from the child’s father and managed to realise Tk 2 lakh from the family of the victim.
On February 2 last year, police recovered the decomposed body of Abdullah from a plastic made drum in the house victim’s paternal uncle Motahar. He made confessional statement before a court admitting that they strangulated the child after abduction.
Police arrested Motahar’s son Mehedi, Mitu and their mother Nasima Begum in this connection. Meanwhile, Motahar, the prime accused in the case, was allegedly killed in a shootout with members of Rapid Action Battalion on February 8, 2016.
Police submitted the charge-sheet of the case to the court against four persons on March 9, 2016. Examining the records and depositions of 20 witnesses, the Judge of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 pronounced verdict acquitting Nasima as allegation brought against her was not be proved.
