Father, 2 sons get life term for killing neighbour over land dispute

A pleader makes his case.

Sylhet, Mar 14 -A Sylhet court on Thursday sentenced a man and his two sons to life term in jail in a case filed for killing a neighbour over land dispute in Sylhet’s Bishwanathpur upazila around six years back.

Sylhet Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Fourth Court Judge Shaila Sharmin also fined the convicts Tk 20, 000 each, said the court’s bench assistant Kabir Hossain.

The convicts are Ashique Miah, 60, his sons Md Emran Miah, 22, and Kamran Miah, 18, hailing from Tilokpur village under Khajanchhi union of the upazila.

Of the convicts, only father Ashique Miah was on the dock during the delivery of the judgment.

According to the case statement, there had long been a dispute between the accused Ashique and neighbour Abdur Rauf over the ownership of a waterbody in the village.

On February 19, 2018, Ashique and others equipped with locally made sharp weapons attacked Rauf when he installed a pump in the waterbody for irrigation, leaving him critically injured.

On February 21, the victim succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.

Later, the victim’s brother Abdul Quddus filed a murder case with the Bishwanath police station in this connection.

After completing legal procedures, the court handed down the judgment in the presence of one of the three accused on Thursday. - UNB