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UNB, Pirojpur

A court here yesterday sentenced 22 people to life term imprisonment in sensational Abdur Rahman murder case.

The convicts are Nasiruddin, Amir Hossain, Harez, Afzal Hossain, Chan Miah, Abdul Kader, Naimul Haq, Panna, Mohiuddin, Habib, Ansar, Mirza Mojibor, Rustam Ali, Mozammel (1), Idris, Aziz, Nurul Islam, Mozammel (2), Mojid, Siddique, Mosharraf and Jhunu Of them, Naimul Haq, Mozammel (1), Mozammel (2), Mojid, Jhunu, Mosharraf and Aziz are tried in absentia while the others were present in the dock when the judgement was pronounced. The court also fined them Tk 10,000 each, in default, to suffer one year RI more.

According to the prosecution, the convicts hacked Abdur Rahman of Junia village in Bhandaria upazila when they tried snatch gold ornaments from his wife and was resisted by him on June 5, 1994 leaving him critically injured.