A Brahmanbaria court has sentenced four persons to death for killing a businessman of Old Dhaka in 2014. The District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Safiul Azam pronounced the verdict on Monday. The convicts are Md Nuru Mia, Md Ziaul Haque, Lokman Khan and Md Kadir Hossain. Of them, Ziaul was present in the court during the verdict. Three others convicts are still at large.
Abdul Hannar Bahar, 45, a resident of Noakhali’s Sonaimuri upazila who used to operate a wholesale cosmetics business in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area, was pushed into a river to death at Ujanchar area under Bancharampur Upazila in Brahmanbaria in 2014. Retailers used to buy products from him on credit before Eid festivals, according to the case dossier.
He went to Lokman’s house in Cumilla to collect payment for the products during Eid holidays. “Lokman asked Hannar to come to his in-laws and tricked him into boarding a boat. Later, Lokman and his accomplices pinned him down in the boat and demanded a ransom from Hannar’s family.”
The criminals pushed Hannar into the Titas River to death. Police retrieved the body from the river after two days, the case dossier said. The victim’s younger brother filed a case with Bancharampur Police Station over the incident. As the motive of killing was primarily proved Invesgative Officer (IO) submitted charge sheet agianst the convicts on 10th November of the year 2014.
