Madarganj Uncle-Nephew Murder: Seven Sentenced to Death, Seven Given Life Imprisonment

PNN News Desk, Jamalpur

A court in Jamalpur has sentenced seven accused to death and seven others to life imprisonment in the sensational murder case involving Mohor Ali and his nephew Swapan Mia in Madarganj. The court also fined each of the death-row convicts Tk 50,000, while each of those sentenced to life imprisonment was fined Tk 20,000.

The verdict was delivered at around 1:00pm on Thursday (August 20) by Mohammad Nezam Uddin, Additional District and Sessions Judge of the First Court of the Jamalpur District and Sessions Judge Court. The accused were present in court when the verdict was announced.

According to Mohammad Didarul Islam, the public prosecutor in the case, Mohor Ali and his nephew Swapan Mia were allegedly called out of their home on the night of May 16, 2016, on the pretext of attending a musical programme. The two accused identified as Sakhawat and Sohel allegedly took them away from their home amid an existing dispute.

The two victims were subsequently taken to a jute field belonging to Bhanu Fakir in the Kukurmari area of Jor Khali Union in Madarganj upazila, where they were attacked with sharp weapons. According to the case details, the two men were hacked and killed there. Police recovered their mutilated bodies from the jute field three days after the incident.

Following the killings, Jahangir Alam, father of the deceased Swapan Mia, filed a murder case with Madarganj Model Police Station against 22 people. After completing the investigation, police submitted a charge sheet against 14 accused before the court.

The case went through a lengthy judicial process, during which the court recorded testimony from 18 witnesses. After examining the evidence and witness statements, the court announced its verdict against all 14 accused on Thursday. Seven of them were sentenced to death, while the remaining seven were handed life imprisonment.

Family members of the victims and local residents were present on the court premises when the verdict was announced. After a long wait for the conclusion of the case, the verdict brought a sense of relief among the relatives of the victims.