PABNA: A district court on Thursday (Oct 12) sentenced life term imprisonment to six people for killing a businessman, Tareq Ali, in Pabna.

Judge of Pabna Special Judge’s Court Liakat Ali Molla also fined the convicts Tk 20,000 each, in default, six more months in prison.

The convicts are- Atik Hossain, 38, son of Abdul Hamid Khan of Bakshipur village under Sadar upazila, Mokbul Hossain, 55, son of Taher Amin of Harinarayanpur village under Gaishpur union, Aslam Uddin, 37, son of Abdus Sattar of Jotgari Jalalpur village, Jamal Hossain, son of Rashid of Jalalpur village, Shahjahan alias Kalai, 35, Torab Hossain alias Turi Kana, 55, son of Abdul Gafur of Monoharpur village.

Public Prosecutor Advocate Khandakar Abdul Rakib said, on February 26 in 2005, some extremists hacked and shot businessman Tareq Ali to death in broad daylight in Jalalpur market of Pabna sadar upazila.

On the next day, victim’s brother Harun Kha filed a murder case with the sadar police station accusing 12 people.

BDST: 1805 HRS, OCT 12, 2017
AP