11 to die in Juba Dal activist murder case

A court in Lakshmipur on Tuesday awarded death penalty to 11 people in a case filed for killing Juba Dal activist Maulana Babar Mia, in 2003.

Additional Sessions Judge M Saidur Rahman Gazi of Laxmipur District Judge handed down the verdict.

The death convicts are Alam, Miraj, Manju, Mohin Uddin, Kalamunsi, Mamun alias Saiful Islam Mamun, Bhutto alias Abdus Shahid, Moyeen Uddin, Morshed Alam, Masud and Abul Bashar.

The court also acquitted four persons as charges against them were not proved.