A Cumilla court has sentenced four people to death and another man to life in prison for killing furniture trader Shahid Ullah over a land dispute in the district’s Barura Upazila 25 years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Rozina Khan delivered the verdict on Monday, Nurul Islam, the lawyer representing the state, said. The death row convicts are Abu Yusuf, a resident of Cumilla’s Barura Upazila, and his brother Boni Amin, nephew Solaiman and brother-in-law Abdul Haque. “The convicts stabbed Shahid Ullah after taking him to the disputed land near Poranpur Bazar following an altercation on the matter in May 1998. The victim’s brother Aman Ullah started the case against 15 suspects with Barura Police Station the following day.

Source: bd News24 November 27, 2023 11:47 UTC