A Kushtia court has convicted three people and sentenced them to death for killing a schoolboy after abduction in 2011.
The convicts are- Sabbir Khan, son of Gaffar Khan, Helal Uddin Dany, son of Azam Ali of Kalishankarpur area in the district town and Abdur Rahim alias Epier, son of Moslem Sheikh of Bheramara upazila.
According to the prosecution, Mutasim Bin Mazed alias Hridoy, 14, a class VIII student of Zila School and a resident of Mollategharia East Para, was kidnapped by the convicts on May 23, 2011.
After four days of kidnap, the abductors demanded Tk 1.2 million (12 lakh) as ransom from his mother Taslima Khatun over phone.
After negotiations, Taslima provided Tk 0.2 million (two lakh) to the kidnappers upon their promise of returning back Hridoy.
But after receiving the ransom money, the kidnappers didn't return Hridoy .Then Taslima filed a case with Kushtia Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, says a UNB report.
Police arrested 10 people in this connection and following the statement of the convicts, police unearthed the body of Hridoy from near a brick kiln field on Bheramara-Kushtia highway on October 3, 2014, 134 days after the abduction.
After examining the records and witnesses Kushtia District and Sessions Judge Munshi Mohammad Mashier Rahman handed down the verdict on Thursday.
