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Court sentences five to death for 2008 murder in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNI) A court of Chandpur district in Bangladesh has awarded the death penalty to five people in a decade-old murder. On Oct 5, 2008, Masud Rana was murdered at the district’s Matlab Upazila. On Tuesday, the additional district and sessions judge’s court convicted five people in the killing.
The convicts are Yamin Bepari, Abdul Khaleque Molla, Faruq alias Nabi, Ali Munshi and Selim Majhi.
Faruq and Munshi were in the dock on Tuesday while the rest are at large. The court has acquitted three suspects: Kamal Hawlader, Keramat Ali Molla and Cherag Ali Molla, said Sayedul Islam, additional public prosecutor in Chandpur.
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