The court sentenced a young man to death in the case of Chuadanga’s controversial child Abu Huraira murder. At the same time, he was fined another 50 thousand rupees. Judge Masud Ali of Chuadanga Additional District and Sessions Judge Second Court gave this sentence on Monday afternoon. In the same case, the other two accused have been sentenced to 14 years rigorous imprisonment and 20,000 taka fine for three months.
Muhammad Momin (22), who was sentenced to death, is the son of Shahidul Islam of Taltala village in Chuadanga Municipal area. The convicts are Parvez Ahmed (27) son of Motaleb Hossain and Ashrafuzzaman Rijon (30) son of Jamat Ali of the same village. The accused Parvez Ahmed is absconding.
According to the source of the case, Abu Huraira (11), the only son of Abdul Barek of Taltala village of Chuadanga municipal area and third grade student of Victoria Jubilee Government High School, went missing on the afternoon of January 19, 2022. After searching for a few days, on January 25, his father Abdul Barek filed a case in Sadar police station, mentioning the names of five people including Mohammad Momin. Later, the police arrested Momin in a raid. Based on the information given by him, the police recovered the half-melted body of the child Abu Huraira from an old grave in Taltala cemetery of the area on February 14 at 2 am.
After the investigation of the case, on August 14, 2022, Mohammad Momin, Parvez Ahmed and Ashrafuzzaman Rijon were accused and the investigating officer of the case, Inspector Mizanur Rahman of the Chuadanga Sadar police station, submitted a report to the court.
