Shawdesh Desk:

A Khulna court on Sunday sentenced sixteen people to life term imprisonment for killing senior vice-president of Gopalganj Municipal unit of Awami League Asaduzzaman alias Titu Sharif in 2018.

Khulna Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Md Nazrul Islam Hawladar passed the order at noon.

The convicts are- Sentu Chowdhury, Polash Chowdhury, Abdullah Chowdhury, Bakkar Chowdhury, Sohel Chowdhury, Shahidul Sheikh, Polash Kha alias Mafizur Khan, Tuhin Molla alias Mahmud Hasan, Sabuj Molla, Masud Molla, Rafiqul Molla, Natun Chowdhury alias Ramjan, Chowdhury Mashiur Rahman, Oli Ullah alias Babu Chowdhury, Tariqul Sardar, and Jihad Chowdhury.

The court also acquitted 15 other accused in the case as the prosecution failed to produce enough evidence against them.

According to prosecution, a group of miscreants hacked Titu Sharif to death in a gruesome attack over land related dispute in Char Singati village under Naragati police station in Narail on July 1 in 2018.

On the next day, victim’s brother Mohammad Ashiquzzaman filed a murder case with Naragati police station naming 18 accused and 10 to 12 unnamed others.

Nimai Chandra Mandal, sub-inspector (SI) of Naragati police station and also the IO of the case, filed the charge-sheet in court on July 24, 2019 against 31 people. A total of 31 witnesses, out of 36, testified in court during the trial.