The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Joypurhat

Six people were sentenced to life term imprisonment by a court here on Wednesday in sensational Siddiqur Rahman murder case, eight years back.

The court also fined the convicts Tk 10,000 each, in default, to suffer six months more in jail.

The lifers are Jahurul Islam, 41, elder brother of Siddiqur Rahman, Mohammad Ali, 55, Faruk Hossain, 35, Rabiul Islam, 28, Saiful Islam, 34, and Abdul Wahed Dulu, 42.

According to the prosecution, Siddiqur Rahman, 38, of Pashchim Parulia village in Sadar upazila went to neighbouring village to borrow money from a man on October 27, 2000 but he did not return home on the day.

His body was recovered from a paddy field of the village on the following day. It was learnt that the convicts killed Siddiqur in a planned way over a love affair.

Siddiqur's younger brother Zillur Rahman later filed a murder case with Sadar thana in this connection.

After investigation police submitted charge-sheet against the six people.

District and Sessions Judge Abdul Hamid after examining the records and witnesses pronounced the verdict in the crowded courtroom.