A court in Khulna on Monday sentenced five men to death in sensational Zahid murder case in Khulna's Khalispur area in 2016.
Justice Md Jewel Rana, a judge of Tribunal for Prevention of Offenses Disturbing Public Safety in Khulna, announced the verdict on Monday afternoon.
The condemned convicts are Md Abbas, Md Nosu Farzi, Md Riaz, Md Nadim, and Md Zabbar.
At that time, the court also fined Tk1,00,000 each of the convict.
However, seven other accused were acquitted in the case as the charges against were not proved.
According to the case statement, on December 13, 2016, some people attacked on Jabed, elder brother of victim Zahid, in front of a local shop in the area. Hearing the news of attack, two younger brothers of Jabed--Md Sumon and Zahid--went to the place. When the duo arrived at the spot, the miscreants hacked Zahid indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured. Locals rescued him and took Zahid to Khulna Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared him dead.
Following the day, Zahid's brother Sumon filed a case with Khalishpur Police Station in the city, naming 12 people and four to five unnamed.
More than seven years' of hearing, the court pronounced the judgement on Monday.
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