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CHATTOGRAM, Apr 18: A Chattogram court on Thursday awarded death penalty to two persons for killing three members of a family in Baizid Bostami area of the port city 19 years back.
Those who were awarded death penalty were identified as Abul Kashem alias Jamai Kashem and Yousuf alias Biatta Yousuf, both hailing from Baluchara area under Biazid Bostami Thana of the port city.
Court sources said First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Kamal Hossain Sikdar delivered the verdict in presence of the convicts. The court also fined the duo Tk0.2 million each.
According to the prosecution, the convicts shot to death their neighbour Monowara Begum and her two brothers Alamgir and Saiful Islam over a land dispute in Baizid area on the night of June 29, 2004.
Later, Saiful's wife Aysha Akter Shilpi filed a murder case with Baizid Thana against four persons on June 30, 2004.
In the meantime, two accused identified as Gittu Nasir and Foiz Munna were acquitted as they were killed in 'crossfire'.