10 convicts acquitted, 2 gets life in Faruk murder case

10 convicts acquitted, 2 gets life in Faruk murder case

A Tangail court on Sunday acquitted ten people and sentenced two people to life imprisonment in a case filed for killing Awami League leader Faruk Ahmed in 2013.
Judge of the Tangail Additional District and Session Judge Md Mahmudul Hasan handed down the punishment.
The lifers are—Kabir Hossain Kabir, son of Mokhlesur Rahman and Mohamamd Ali, son of Ramjan of the district. Both of them were tried in absentia.
The court also fined them Tk 5 lakh each, in default, to suffer one year more in rigorous imprisonment.
Those who were acquitted are—former MP Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, former Tangail municipality mayor Shahidur Rahman Khan Mukti, Zahidur Rahman Khan Kakon, former vice president of central unit banned Chhatra League Saniat Khan, Bappa, Babu, Alamgir Hossain, Nasir Uddin Nuru, Masudur Rahman and Farid Ahmed.