7 to die for killing AL leader in Mymensingh

Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka tribunal yesterday sentenced seven leaders and activists of BNP and its front organizations of Mymensingh’s Gouripur upazila, to death and three others to life imprisonment for killing Swechchhasebak League leader Masudur Rahman Shuvro in 2020.
Judge Md Monir Kamal of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka pronounced the verdict in presence of all the convicts in his crowded courtroom.
The seven death sentenced convicts are- Gouripur Upazila Unit Joint Convener and Moilakanda Union Parishad Chairman Riyaduzzaman Riyad, Joint General Secretary Sakib Ahmed Reza, Chhatra Dal activists Mozammel Haque, Khairul Islam, and Jubo Dal activists Md Mainuddin, Shariful Islam, and Ruhul Amin.
The life sentenced convicts are Masud Parvez Karzon, Shariautullah alias Sumon, and Rassel Miah.
The tribunal acquitted nine accused as the charges brought against them could not be proved.
Masudur Rahman Shuvro was the General Secretary of Gauripur Upazila Swechasebak League. He was killed on October 17 of 2020 by unidentified miscreants. Two of his associates were also injured in the incident. They were admitted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.
According to locals, Masudur Rahman Shuvro was having tea with his associates at a tea stall in Pan Mahal area of Sadar Upazila. At that time, a group of 8-10 miscreants came in two CNG-run auto-rickshaws and attacked him.
They left Shuvro seriously injured. Later, he was taken to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital in a critical state where the physicians declared him dead.