KUSHTIA: A Kushtia court gave life-term imprisonment to four persons for killing a college student in the district in 2016.

Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Special Tribunal Munshi Moshiar Rahman on Sunday (February 16) pronounced the verdict and also fined them Tk 50,000 each, in default, to suffer one year more in jail.

The convicts were - Rakibul Islam Rakib, 25, son of Abdur Rashid of Kushtia Sadar upazila, Sujan, 22, son of Mahatab Uddin, Shahriar Nayeem Rabbi, 24, son of Nannu Driver and Piash, 25, son of Kohinur, of Fultala village.

According to court statement, Palash, a 12th grade student of Kushtia Government College, was stalled while he was on his motorbike on PTI road on 18 September of 2016. The convicts stabbed him severely. Locals admitted him to Kushtia General Hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries next day.

Palash’s mother Selina Begum filed a case with Kushtia Model Police Station accusing six persons.

Public Prosecutor (PP) advocate Abdul Halim two persons, named as Roni and Faisal, were acquitted because allegations did not prove.

BDST: 1613 HRS, FEB 16, 2020

AH/SMS