A Chattogram court here today awarded life-term imprisonment to man and acquitted another two in Md Nasir Uddin murder case in city’s Bandar thana area in 2000.
The court of the Public Safety Tribunal Judge Mohammad Selim Mia delivered the verdict convicting Abu Bakar today in presence of the accused.
The convicts are -Abu Bakar alias son of Ali Ahmed, hailed from Lohagara upazila of the district. The acquitted persons are-Khurshed Alam and Mamun as the allegations against them were not proved.
The court also fined the convict TK 50,000, in default, he will have to suffer another one year jail.
The prosecution story was in brief that the convict shot dead one Nasir Uddin at the said area over previous enmity around 1 am on October 13 in 2000.
Noresh Chandra Kormaker, the then sub inspector of Bandar thana filed a murder case with its police station against three people on October 13 in 2000.
Police submitted the charge-sheet before the court on May 10 in 2001 against three accused while the court framed charges on September 25, in 2003.
The court pronounced the verdict today after examining 11 prosecution witnesses out of 17 and awarded the judgment.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha