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A Mymensingh court on Sunday convicted five people and sentenced them to life imprisonment for killing a farmer in 2012. Additional Sessions Judge Md Samsuddin handed down the punishment. The convicts are Shukkur Ali, Harez Ali, Amir Ali, Jamir Ali and Hatem Ali of Haluaghat upazila in the district. The court also fined them Tk 1 lakh each, in default, to suffer, one more year in jail. According to the prosecution, farmer Ahmed Ali of Mokamia village had an enmity with Shukkur Ali over a piece of land. As a sequel to the enmity, on October 14, 2012, around 20–25 supporters of Shukkur Ali stormed into the paddy field of Nurunnahar, wife of Ahmed Ali, and forcibly took away the harvested crop. At one stage, Shukkur Ali and his associates attacked Ahmed, his wife, and other family members, including Nurunnahar’s maternal uncle Habibur Rahman and grandmother Sufia, with sharp weapons when they resisted, leaving five people, including Ahmed, injured. They also swooped on Nurunnahar’s house and looted valuables, including cash. The injured were later taken to Haluaghat Upazila Health Complex. Habibur succumbed to his injuries ten days after the attack. Nurunnahar filed a case with Haluaghat Police Station against 25 people, including Shukkur Ali. After examining the records and witnesses, the court acquitted 20 others as the allegations brought against them could not be proved.

A local court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death and three others to life imprisonment for killing a farmer in Bhabanipur village of Narail Sadar upazila in 2016. District and sessions judge Munshi Moshiar Rahman also imposed a fine of Tk 50,000 on each of the convicts. The one sentenced to death has been identified as Jaminur Rahman Mollah of the village. Read: SSC examinee's death: Helper of killer bus held, say police According to the case statement, Mofi Sheikh, the farmer, was returning home in Bhabanipur village with his minor son after collecting the child's stipend from school on July 18, 2016, when the trio killed him with a sharp weapon. Later, the victim’s wife Rexona Khatun filed a complaint at Narail Sadar police station. Read: Abrar murder case verdict deferred to Dec 8 Based on the complaint, an FIR was lodged by the police against six people. Two of the accused were acquitted during the trial.