A court in Lohagara upazila on Wednesday sentenced three individuals, including a woman, to life imprisonment for the 2011 murder of a man over a land dispute.
Judge Elina Akhter of the Additional District and Sessions Judge’s 1st Court delivered the verdict in the presence of the convicts. Each was also fined Tk 20,000, with an additional three-month jail term in case of non-payment, according to Additional Public Prosecutor Advocate Tarikuzzaman Litu.
The convicted are Jafar Khandaker, Akram Molya, and Laich Begum alias Laichon, all residents of Chardighalia village under Lohagara upazila.
According to the case details, the three brutally hacked their neighbor, Musa Khandaker, to death on April 24, 2011, during a dispute over land. Musa’s elder brother, Md. Billal Khandaker, later filed a murder case with Lohagara Police Station.
After reviewing the evidence and witness testimonies, the court found all three guilty and handed down the life sentences.
