SYLHET: Two condemned convicts are going to be executed in Sylhet central jail on Wednesday night for committing two separate murders, official sources said.

The convicts are Sabul Mia of Surma thana area in Sylhet and Alauddin Swapan of Baralekha in Moulvibazar.

According to the case statement Alauddin Swapan killed his wife over dowry in 2000 while Sabul Mia murdered his neighbour Muktadir Ali following a land dispute the same year.

Both were sentenced to death by respective courts in Sylhet and Moulvibazar in 2003.

Sources said hangman Shahjahan has been brought in here from Kashimpur central jail in Gazipur to execute the death sentence.

When asked about it, Jailor Nesar Alam Mukul said, “Higher authority can say.”

BDST: 2325 HRS, SEP 14, 2010