A Joypurhat court today (July 23) sentenced a man to death for killing his stepbrother in Khetlal upazila of the district in 2019.

District and Sessions Judge Md Nur Hossain handed down the verdict to Saddam Hossain, 32, hailed from Malipara in the upazila. 

According to the prosecution story, in brief, on November 11 in 2019, convict Saddam stabbed his stepbrother Kabiraj Khajamuddin, 83, to death over a family feud at Dashra Fokirpara village of the upazila. 

He also stabbed his sister-in-law that night. 

Following the murder, Khajamuddin's son filed a case with Khetlal Thana as the plaintiff on November 12 in 2019. Later, police pressed the charge-sheet accusing Saddam Hossain on February 27, in 2020.

Testifying witnesses and evidences the court gave the order, said Public Prosecutor (PP) Nipendranath Mondol.

BDST: 2028 HRS, JULY 23, 2023
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