A Dhaka tribunal has sentenced seven peope to death and three others to life imprisonment for killing Mymensingh's Gouripur upazila Swechchhasebak League leader Masudur Rahman Shuvro in 2020.
Judge Md Monir Kamal of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka handed down the sentence in presence of all the convicts in the dock.
Each of the death row convicts has also been fined Tk 20,000.
The condemn convicts are BNP’s Gouripur Upazila Unit Joint Convenor 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 lifers are Masud Parvez Karzon, Shariautullah alias Sumon, and Rassel Miah.
The tribunal also acquitted nine accused, including current Gouripur Municipal Mayor Syed Rafiqul Islam, as the charges brought against them were not proven.
Masudur Rahman Shuvro was hacked to death on October 17 of 2020 by unidentified miscreants. Two of his associates were also injured in the incident.
On October 19, the victim's brother, Abidur Rahman, filed a murder case with Gouripur Police Station in this connection.
