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A Khulna court has handed down the death penalty to five people over the murder of a schoolteacher, Taskin Hossain Toyon, in 2018.
The district's Speedy Trial Tribunal judge Md Nazrul Hawladar passed the verdict on Sunday.
Two other suspects were acquitted of the charges against them in the case, bdnews24.com reported quoting public prosecutor advocate Ahaduzzaman.
Toyon, a resident of Khulna city, taught kindergarten at a local school.
He went missing on the evening of August 28, 2018, prompting his father, Kazi Tota, to start a case with Khalishpur police on September 08.
Police subsequently arrested a suspect named 'Saiful' in connection with the case and based on the information he divulged, law enforcers recovered the body of Toyon from a canal in Ansar Uddin Road on September 11.