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Two get death penalty for killing easy-bike driver in Madaripur
MADARIPUR, Feb 15, 2021 (BSS) – A court here today sentenced two brothers to death and also fined Taka 50 thousand each in a murder case of a easy-bike driver Sultan Bepari in Sadar upazila of the district in 2018.
The trial of the other two accused is going on in the juvenile court of the district because they are minors.
District and Sessions Judge Nitai Chandra Saha handed down the sentence this afternoon.
The convicts are Johnny Bepari, 22 and Shariful Bepari, 20, sons of Quddus Bepari of Sutarkandi village under Rajoir upazila of the district.
According to the prosecution, on April 29, 2018, four people boarded the easy-bike of Sultan Bepari of Gachbaria Elala from Ghatakchar in Madaripur sadar upazila and took him to Tribhagadi area of Sadar upazila. They hacked the easy-bike driver to death and left his body there. But, on suspicion of the incident, locals detained the convicts as they took away the easy bike after killing Sultan. Later, the locals handed over them to police.
Police recovered the body and sent it to the morgue of Madaripur District Sadar Hospital for autopsy.
At the same time, the police brought the four detainees to Sadar Model Police Station.
Following the incident, the victim’s wife Hafiza Begum filed a murder case against the four people at the Sadar Model Police Station in connection of the incident.
Police submitted charge-sheet against the accused after conducting investigation of the case.
Testifying witnesses and evidences, Judge Nitai Chandra Saha gave the verdict today.
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