Father, 3 others get life term for killing son

A Bandarban court on Monday sentenced four people of a family to life term imprisonment for killing same family member in Naikhongchhari upazila of the district in 2016.

District and Session Judge Md Fazle Elahi Bhuiyan pronounced the verdict this afternoon. The court also fined them Taka 10,000 each.

The convicts sentenced to life term are victim’s father, brother, sister-in-law, and sister, administrative officer-in-charge of Bandarban District and Sessions Judge Court Kamrul Hasan said.

According to the prosecution, Shah Alam was beaten by hammers, iron rods and tree sticks by the convicts including his father, brother and sister in-law on Dec 9, 2016 over sharing of settlement land.

Later, Shah Alam was first admitted to Naikhongchhari Hospital and later, he was admitted to Chattogram Medical Collage Hospital for better treatment where he died at the hospital on December 18, 2016.

Victim’s wife Arfatunnesa Arefa filed a murder case with Naikhongchhari Police Station accusing four people.