A Khulna court today sentenced five persons to life imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of local Awami League leader Asaduzzaman alias Titu Sharif in 2018.
Judge Md Nazrul Islam Hawlader of Speedy Trial Tribunal, announced the verdict today, reports our local correspondent quoting court sources.
The court also fined them Tk 5,000 each in default of which they will have to suffer one year more in jail.
Meanwhile, 15 more accused were acquitted from the murder case as they were found not guilty.
On July 2, 2018, Titu Sharif, vice-president of Gopalganj municipality unit of AL, was hacked to death at Shingati village under Naragati police station in Narail over land related dispute.
Later, the victim's brother filed a case with Naragati police station naming 18 persons and 10/12 unnamed persons.
Among the 16 convicted, four are on the run.
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