Man to die for killing bank official
UNB
A tribunal in the capital yesterday sentenced a young man to death and three others to different jail terms for killing a Brac Bank official in 2011, reports UNB. The condemned convict Abdul Majid Dalim, 34, son of Kiamuddin of Purba Balikha village in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka, was fined Tk 20,000, while another convict Jahangir Alam, 26, son of Abdus Salam of Nayadangi village in Singair upazila of Manikganj, was sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Tk 10,000.
The other convicts Mohammad Idul, 26, son of Amjad Hossain of Goubda village in Rajarhat upazila of Kurigram, and Faruk Hossain, 27, son of Jamal Miah of Jolapara village in Sayedpur upazila of Nilphamari, were sentenced to five years imprisonment each and also fined Tk 5000. Among the convicts, Faruk Hossain remains at large. According to the prosecution, TM Mehedi Masud, former Brac Bank official of Gulshan Branch, went to Jamgara in Savar after receiving a call from Abdul Majid Dalim on September 16, 2011. Dalim along with Jahangir, Idul and Faruk strangled Masud to death and dumped his body under Shubhulya Bridge in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail district. Later, Masud was found dead in the area on September 17, 2011. Sub-inspector of Mirzapur police station Bimal Chandra filed a case in this connection. Tangail CID inspector Zafar Iqbal submitted the chargesheet against the four people on September 29, 2013. After examining records and witnesses, Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 Judge Abdur Rahman Sardar handed down the verdict.
