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A court in Bandarban sentenced 10 people to death on Tuesday for killing three cattle traders on the Alikadam-Thanchi road under the Thanchi police station of the district in 2016.
District and Sessions Judge Md Fazle Elahi Bhuiyan pronounced the verdict in the afternoon.
The death convicted accused is - Yohan Tripura, 20, Johnback, 22, Jasin Tripura, 25, Jai Bahadur, 24, George Tripura, 28, Shani Tripura, 20, Akash, 22, Senendra Tripura, 27, Joseph Tripura, 25, and Shigram Tripura, 37. They are all residents of Thanchi and Alikadam upazilas of the district.
The accused were absconding at the time of the verdict.
According to the prosecution, on April 14, 2016, Abu Bakkar, Nurul Afsar and Shahab Uddin, all natives of Alikadam, were killed in captivity by the convicts.
The traders were lured to the 28-km area of the Thanchi-Alikadam road by a phone call from John Tripura, who offered to sell nine cattle for Tk 3 lakh.
The next day, Abu Naeem's brother Abu Bakkar along with his associates Nurul Afsar and Sahabuddin went to the area to take a look at the livestock. Abu Bakkar later called his younger brother and told him to inform John about his willingness to buy the cattle.
But then, John asked for an additional Tk 50,000 to be sent to him via bKash. After the money was sent, his mobile phone became unreachable.
The next day, Abu Bakkar's brother, Abul Hashem, filed a general diary over the matter with Thanchi Police Station. Following his arrest later that day, John admitted that he and nine of his associates abducted the cattle traders and were holding them at a secret location.
The investigating officer in the case submitted a charge-sheet against the ten people.
After examining the record and witnesses, the court found ten persons guilty. Public Prosecutor (PP) Advocate Iqbal Karim confirmed the matter.
