Dhaka, Bangladesh Global: A court in Dhaka on Wednesday sentenced one person to death and four others to life term imprisonment in a case filed over killing of Taslima Begum Renu in a mob beating at North Badda in the capital in 2019.
Judge Murshid Ahmed of the Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judges' Court-6 pronounced the verdict.
Renu was brutally beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of being a child lifter in front of North Badda Government Primary School in July 20, 2019.
Her nephew Nasir Uddin filed the case with Badda Police Station against 400-500 unidentified people.
The condemned convict is Ibrahim alias Hridoy Molla, while the lifers are Ria Begum Maina, Abul Kalam Azad, Kamal Hossain, and Asadul Islam. Each of the convicted was also fined Tk 1 lakh.
Meanwhile, seven individuals were acquitted due to insufficient evidence.
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