Manikganj triple murder: Five sentenced to death, 8 get life in prison

A Manikganj court on Thursday sentenced five people to death and eight others to life imprisonment in a case filed over killing three persons over land dispute in 2016.

Manikganj District and Sessions Judge SKM Tofayel Hasan handed down the punishment.

The condemned convicts are Jiyer Uddin, Zahidul Islam, Abdur Rashid, Jashim and Siddik Mia of Gobindal village in Singair upazila.

The lifers are Zahir Uddin, Azizul, Ujjal, Shamsul Haque, Salauddin, Mazed Mia, Manan and Swapan.

The court also sentenced seven other accused to different terms jail under another section of the case.

According to the prosecution, there had been long standing enmity between Aziz Mollah, son of Rahim Mollah and his cousins Karim Mollah and Tetul Mollah over the ownership of a piece of land.

As a sequel to the enmity, the supporters of Karim and Tetul called out Aziz and two others and stabbed them indiscriminately, leaving them dead.

Farida Akter, wife of Aziz Mollah, filed a case against twenty-four people in this connection with Singair Police Station. Police later submitted chargesheet against them.

After examining the records and witnesses, the court also acquitted four others as allegation brought against them could not be proved.