A Chandpur court on Sunday sentenced five people to life imprisonment for killing a man in 2013.
The convicts are - Mustafa, 25, Milon Hossain, 23, son of Monti Kha of Dakshin Rajapur village of Faridganj upazila, Bilkis Begum, 40, her son Ripon Hossain, 24, and Saddam Hossain ,27.
Chandpur Senior District and Sessions Judge Mohsinul Haque handed down the judgment this afternoon.
The court also fined them Tk 10,000 each, in default, to suffer three months more imprisonment, Public Prosecutor (PP) Ranjit Roy Chowdhury confirmed.
Of them, Milon Hossain and Ripon Hossain are absconding and the rest were on the dock when the judgment was being delivered, he added.
According to the statement, accused Bilkis Begum used to indulge in immoral activities.
The family and relatives used to request him to refrain from these activities. But she did not pay any attention.
On Friday, March 8, 2013, around 6:30 pm, victim Mubarak Hossain, neighbour of Bilkis Begum asked her to refrain from immoral activities.
Being enraged, the accused ganged up and beat and stabbed Mubarak Hossain and his wife Nilufa Begum mercilessly, leaving them seriously injured.
Later, relatives rescued them and brought them first to Upazila Health Complex and later to Chandpur Government General Hospital. When Mubarak Hossain's condition deteriorated, he was first taken to Cumilla Medical College Hospital and later to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
He died on April 3 while undergoing treatment at the hospital.a case was filed at Faridganj police station against the accused following a complaint lodged by the victim’s son Md Zillur Rahman.
The then sub-inspector of Faridganj police station Md Akhtar Hossain was investigating the case.
Later, police arrested the accused Bilkis Begum on April 5 and sent her to the court.
The police official submitted chargesheet against the accused at a court on November 30 of the same year.