Four sentenced to life term imprisonment in Khulna murder case

A Khulna court today sentenced four people to life term imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of Asmaul Morol alias Jibon in 2019.

Judge Md Zia Haider of Divisional Special Judge Court convicted the four and also fined them Tk 10,000 each, in default of which they will have to serve three more months in jail.  

The convicts are Shubhongkor Roy (25), Sudhamoy Bala alias Sudhabrindo Bala (30), Amit Biswas (28) and Diponkor Roy (28), reports our Khulna correspondent.

All the convicts, residents of Banda Ulor Danga in Khulna's Dumuria upazila, were present in the dock when the verdict was delivered.

Jibon (28), son of Zohurul Haque of Bagdari Noakathi in Dumuria upazila, was a rental motorbike driver.

The accused called Jibon over mobile phone and hired his motorbike for going to Rangpur on October 19, 2007 and since then he was missing.

The next day, police recovered his body with stab injuries at Khoriar Wabda.

The victim's brother filed a case against 12 people in this regard.