Shawdesh Desk:

A Lakshmipur court has sentenced five people to death and 14 others to life imprisonment in a case filed over killing of Jubo League leader Mamunur Rashid in Chandraganj upazila of the district in 2015.

Lakshmipur Additional District and Sessions Judge Syeda Amina Farhin announced the verdict on Wednesday.

The condemned convicts are—Madhu, Mamun, Babu alias Galakata Babu, Shamim and Kawsar alias Choto Kawsar.

The lifers are—Jahangir Alam, Nehal, Borhan, Tuhin, Zakir Hossain, Sohrab Hossain, Basir Ahmed, Mizan, Alamgir Hossain, Kasir Ahmed, Quamrul Islam, Anwar Hossain, Tarek Aziz Sumon and Tipon alias Jahangir Alam.

The court also fined them Tk 20,000 each, in default, to suffer one year more rigorous imprisonment.

Only Madhu and Tipon were present on the dock while the others were tried in absentia.

The court also acquitted two people as allegations brought against them could not be proved.

According to the case statement, Mamunur Rashid, vice-president of Chandraganj union unit Jubo League, had an enmity with local criminal Solaiman Uddin Jisan.

‘Jisan Bahini’ used to issue death threats to Mamun for obstructing their activities.

However, Jisan died in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab). Following the death of Jisan, Tuhin, a young brother of Jisan, used to lead ‘Jisan Bahini’.

Mamun assisted the police to arrest the members of ‘Jisan Bahini’.

As a sequel to the enmity, Manun was shot dead by the convicts on May 18, 2015.

Fakhrul Islam, brother of Mamun, filed a case with Chandraganj Police Station against 10 identified and 14-15 unidentified people.

Police submitted a chargesheet against 21 people on September 10, 2016.