Two AUST to walk gallows for murderA Dhaka court on Monday ordered death sentence for two students of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology for killing their classmate in 2013.Dhaka's District and Sessions Judge passed down the verdict and ordered life imprisonment for two others and acquitted another.The two to receive death sentence are Farhad Hossain Shiju and Md Hossain. They are both fugitives.Shafiq Ahmed Robin and Kamrul Hassan Shaon both received life sentences in prison and were ordered to pay a Tk 5,000 fine. A failure to pay the fine would lead to an additional month of prison time.The court acquitted Robin’s wife Lutfa Akhtar Sony in connection with the incident, reports bdnews24.com.According to the decision, the attackers called the victim, 22 year old Subir Chandra Das, away from his home in Savar on Jan 21, 2013 and strangled him to death because of prior animosity. The victim’s body was then dumped in the Buriganga river and was subsequently recovered near Savar’s Kotalia village.Subir’s father, Gauranga Chandra Das filed a murder case at the Savar police station.The trial began on April 11.Court Clerk Narayan Chandra Saha said the state had called 17 witnesses over the course of the trial.“Sony had engaged in a romantic relationship with Subir,” said Prosecutor Khandker Abdul Mannan said Sony was in a relationship with Subir. But Sony decided to marry Robin which gave rise to animosity between the two and subsequently ked to the murder.

Source: bd News24 October 24, 2016 13:55 UTC