Joypurhat: A Joypurhat court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to four persons for killing a Swechchhasebak League leader in 2005.

The convicts are Taslim Uddin Tiplu and his brother Farhad Hossain, sons of Majibar Rahman, Haider Ali, resident of Teghar Bisha village in Sadar upazila, and Shafin, a resident of Dewan Para.
Of the convicts, Farhad Hossain and Shafin are on the run.

According to the prosecution, Sirajul Islam, vice-president of the district unit Swechchhasebak League, and also son of Majibar Rahman, a resident of the same village, was hacked to death by the convicts following a previous enmity on 30 November, 2005.

Sirajul’s father filed a case with Sadar Police Station on the same day.

After examining the records and witnesses, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mijanur Rahman handed down the verdict.