A Gaibandha court on Thursday sentenced three brothers to death for killing their cousins- Md Taslim Uddin and Marzina Begum- in 2016.
Judge Dilip Kumar Bhowmik of Gaibandha District and Sessions Judge’s Court pronounced the verdict in presence of the convicts.
The death row convicts are Hazrat Ali, 40, Hafizur Rahman, 37, and Azizul Hossain, 32, sons of Abdul Hossain, prime accused of the case.
Public Prosecutor Advocate Shafiqul Islam Shafiq confirmed the matter.
He said Taslim Uddin, Marzina Begum, Jamila Begum, Alamgir Hossain, Shahidul Islam and few others went to cut paddy on their land at Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha on November 12 in 2016. Meanwhile, the convicts deliberately placed live electrical wires across the paddy field over some previous enmity.
At one stage, six people including Taslim Uddin and Marzina Begum were electrocuted by the wire and sustained injuries. They were taken to Sundarganj Upazila Health Complex where Taslim and Marzina succumbed to their injuries.
Later in that day, Taslim’s father Mafizul Haque filed a case with Sundarganj Police Station in this connection.
