Faruk murder: Tangail court order life imprisonment for 2, acquits 10 others
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A Tangail court has sentenced two to life in prison and acquitted 10 others in a case over the murder of Awami League leader Faruk Ahmed almost 12 years ago.
Of the acquitted, four were from the family of Amanur Rahman Khan Rana.
Tangail Additional District and Sessions Judge Md Mahmudul Hasan issued the verdict on Sunday.
Faruk Ahmed, a member of the Tangail District Committee of the Awami League was shot dead on Jan 18, 2013. Nahar Ahmed, Faruk’s wife filed a murder case three days after the killing of her husband.
The police submitted a charge sheet against 14 suspects, including Rana and his three brothers, on Feb 3, 2017. The court began the trial on Sept 6 that year. The court is recording the testimonies on the case at present.
Then MP Rana surrendered over the murder case on Sept 18, 2016 and was sent to jail by the Tangail Judicial Court.