A Kushtia court on Tuesday sentenced four persons to death and another to life term imprisonment for killing sub-register in Sadar upazila of Kushtia in 2018.

Judge of Kushtia First Additional District and Sessions Judge Court Tajul Islam handed down the verdict in presence of the accused this morning.

The two death row convicts are Saidul Islam, 37, Faruq Hossain, 38, Kamal Sheikh, 40 and Mashiul Alam, 40 while Monwar Hossain Dablu, 38 was awarded life term in prison.

Public Prosecutor of the court Anup Kumar said the convicts stabbed and then strangled the sub-registrar named Nur Mohammad Shah, 50 of Kushtia Sadar upazila at his rented flat in the district town's Arupara area on October 8, 2018.

Nur Mohammad was rushed to Kushtia General Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.

Kamruzzaman, younger brother of the deceased, filed a murder case with Kushtia Model Police Station against some unidentified persons.

BDST: 1540 HRS, SEP 21, 2021
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