A Chapainawabganj court on Thursday sentenced a man and his wife to life imprisonment in a murder case filed for beating a man to death in 2014.
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Chapainawabganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Rabiul Islam handed down the sentence against Khairul Islam of Balia village in Sadar upazila and his wife Lal Banu alias Laili and fined them TK 10,000 each, in default of which they have to serve six more months in jail.
Khairul Islam was present in the court when the verdict was announced, but his wife, Lalbanu, is absconding.
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Assistant Public Prosecutor Robiul Islam confirmed the matter.
On March 20, 2014, the convicts beat Jashim Uddin to death after he got off the bus. He died on the spot. Later, Jasim's father, Amir Ali, filed a case at Chapainawabganj Sadar Police Station over the matter, he said.
The investigating officer of the case, Additional Superintendent of Police Yares Ali, submitted the charge sheet to the court on October 20, 2017.