BANGLADESH. FOUR GO TO GALLOWS FOR MURDER IN SIRAJGANJ

Judge ATM Mesbauddoula at a Speedy Trial Court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death for the killing of a minor boy after abduction in Sirajganj.
The condemned convicts are Ershad Ali, Ashraful Islam Rintu, Noor Mohammad alias Kalu dakat and Abul Kalam of Bharmohani village in Salanga upazila of Sirajganj district. According to the prosecution, the convicts abducted co-villager Ashiqur Rahman Niloy, 9, son of Abdul Halim, on January 12, 06 and demanded Tk 6 lakh in ransom from his parents. For non-compliance, the boy was murdered and his body dumped into the septic tank of neighbour Maleque’s house.
The body was recovered two days after the abduction. Five others were acquitted as the allegation against them ‘could not be proved’.