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College student shot to death
UNB, Khagrachhari
A college student was gunned down by miscreants in Narankhia Red Square area of the district town on Tuesday evening.
The deceased was identified as Tushar Chakma, 22, a student of Khagrachhari Government College and resident of Laxmichhari here.
Quoting locals, Mahadat Hossain Titu, officer-in-charge of Panchhari Police Station, said the miscreants in a motorcycle opened fire on Tushar around 6pm and fled the scene, leaving him dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, he said.
Four get life term for murder
UNB, Netrakona
A court on Tuesday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment for killing a farmer in 2006.
The convicts are Soban, Moti Mia, Azizul Haq and Sirajul Haq of Durgapur upazila of the district.
The court also fined each of Tk one lakh, in default, to suffer, three month more in rigorous imprisonment.
According to the prosecution, the convicts had an enmity with Shahid Mia, a farmer of Sakaia in Durgapur upazila, over the ownership of a piece of land.
On August 3, 2006, the convicts swooped on Shahid and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him dead on the spot.
Rahat Ali, brother of the victim, filed a case against 16 people. Police submitted charge-sheet against 13 people on November 24, 2006.
After examining records and witnesses, District and Session Judge AKM Rasheduzzaman handed down the verdict and acquitted nine others as allegations brought against them could not be proved.
