Four to die for killing Kushtia sub-registrar

A local court on Tuesday sentenced four men to death and another one to life imprisonment for the 2018 gruesome murder of Kushtia Sadar sub-registrar Noor Mohammad Shah.

Kushtia additional district and sessions judge Tajul Islam handed down death sentences to Saidul Islam ,37, Faruk Hossain ,38, Kamal Sheikh (40) and Mashiul Alam ,40, and life term to Monowar Hossain Dablu (38), after holding them guilty of killing Nur Mohammad.

All the five were present in the court when the judgement was pronounced around 11 am. Among the
convicts, Monwar and Saidul were employees of the Kushtia Sadar sub-registry office.

Nur Mohammad ,50, was hacked to death in his house in Kushtia town on October 8 in 2018. The following day, Kamruzzaman, the brother of the deceased, filed a complaint at the Kushtia Model police station against unidentified accused.