BANGLADESH. THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
August 1, 2006: the Additional District and Sessions court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced three men to death and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of a man over land dispute in Kulbaria, Harinakunda district. According to the prosecution, Serjon, Hanif and Beltu swooped on the house of Afzaluddin on the night of April 4, 1999 and chopped him to death. The victimâs body was later found beheaded. (Sources: United News of Bangladesh Limited, 01/08/2006)
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