A Mymensingh court on Wednesday convicted two siblings and sentenced them to death for killing a man over selling gold in 2022.
The condemned convicts are—Elbert Debit Rocky, 25, and Elbert Debit Sentu, 40—two sons of Elbert Debit Badal of Gouripur upazila of the district. They were tried in absentia.
Mymensingh District and Session Judge Farhana Ferdous handed down the punishment.
According to the prosecution, Rocky went to sell gold to Tipu Sultan, owner of a Tipu Sultan Jewelers at Patbazar in Gouripur upazila on September 13, 2022.
At one stage, Rocky had an altercation with Tipu over the price of the gold. He later called his brother Sentu at the spot.
Sensing trouble, Zahirul Islam Mithu, cousin of Sultan appeared there to settle the issue.
Later, all of them engaged in heated arguments at the shop and at one stage, Sentu hit Mithu with a sharp weapon, leaving him injured.
He was taken to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared Mithu dead.
A case was filed with Gouripur Police Station.