A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 1999.
The court also fined the convict, Fajar Ali, 40, Tk 1,000, in default, to suffer two months more rigorous imprisonment. According to prosecution, Rifatullah, 80 of Basantaragaon village of Dakshin Surma upazila, was stabbed to death at one stage of altercation with his domestic help Fajar Ali over a trifling matter on April 7, 1999. Police arrested Fajar Ali with a knife from the spot. A murder case was filed against Fajar.After examining the records and witnesses metropolitan sessions judge Md Akbar Hossain Mridha handed down the verdict. –UNB, Sylhet
