Two to die, eight to serve life term for killing Narayanganj rice trader

A court in Narayanganj has sentenced two men to death and eight others to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of a rice trader in Rupganj Upazila, while one of the accused has been acquitted.

The verdict was delivered on Thursday afternoon by Narayanganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Mominul Islam, according to Court Police Inspector Kaiyum Khan, reports bdnews24.com.

The two men sentenced to death are Milon, 49, and Sajib, 41 — both with single-name entries in documents.

Those sentenced to life imprisonment are Alam, Zubair, Mozammel, Babul, Aminul — all referred to by a single name — and Abdul Hoque, Laskar Ahmed Jibon, and Rahmat Ali.

Among them, Jibon and Rahmat remain in hiding. Another suspect, Robin, has been cleared of the charges.

Quoting the case documents, Kaiyum said Nurul Haque Molla, a rice trader, went missing on Aug 17, 2009. Three days later, on Aug 20, police recovered his body, stuffed in a sack, from a puddle near the Dhaka-Sylhet highway.

Following the incident, a murder case was filed at Rupganj Police Station. Police later submitted a charge sheet to the court naming 11 individuals as accused.