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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