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A Khulna Court on Tuesday sentenced four people to death for killing a three-wheeler driver in 2016.
Khulna Additional District and Sessions Judge SM Ashiqur Rahman handed down the judgment.
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The condemned convicts are- Md Nur Islam, Jony Das, of Kishoreganj district, Md Rony Shikdar and Md Masud Rana Mollah, of Chattogram district.
The court also fined the four Tk 50,000 each.
According to the case statement, the convicts strangled driver Wahidur Rahman Ripon to death at Labanachara of the city on January 11 in 2016 to snatch his three-wheeler.
They stabbed Wahidur to confirm the death and fled with the vehicle.
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Later, the four people with the vehicle were arrested from Kashiani in Gopalganj district. Ripon's brother filed a case at Labanchara police station against them, said state counsel Kazi Sabbir Ahmed.
The accused gave statements before the court confessing to their guilt. On December 31, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Inspector Mir Atahar Ali, the investigating officer in the case, submitted a chargesheet against the four.