A court in Kishoreganj on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing a teenage girl over previous enmity in 2013.
The convict is Bachchu Mia, son of Rais Uddin of Ratanpur village in Tarail upazila. The court also fined him Tk 1 lakh.
According to the prosecution, Sarufa alias Marufa Akhter, 15, daughter of Abdur Rashid, was hacked to death over previous enmity at Ratanpur village on May 10, 2013.
A case was filed in this connection. Police arrested Bachchu Mia when he gave confessional statement before the court.
Police submitted a charge-sheet against three accused.
Kishoreganj Additional District and Session’s Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim handed down the verdict acquitting two other accused as the allegations brought against them could not be proved.