Taslima Begum Renu was beaten to death in 2019 on suspicion of being a child abductorMan to die, four get life in prison for lynching of RenuA Dhaka court has sentenced a man to death and four other people to life sentences in prison for the lynching of Taslima Begum Renu, who was believed to be a child abductor, in Dhaka’s Badda in 2019. Dhaka 6th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Morshed Alam delivered the verdict in the much-discussed case on Wednesday. Riya Begum Moina, Abul Kalam Azad, Kamal Hossain, and Asadul Islam all received life terms in prison. Renu was beaten to death in front of Dhaka’s North Badda Government Primary School on Jul 20 as rumours were swirling about the abduction of children. The court ordered the incident to be investigated.
