The court has sentenced Rajiv Orpe Raju Chandra Sheel (30), the sole accused, to life imprisonment in the case of the murder of Chandpur businessman Narayan Chandra Ghosh (60). At the same time, he has been fined 50 thousand rupees and sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment in default.
On Sunday (April 21) at noon, Senior District and Sessions Judge of Chandpur. Mohsinul Haque gave this verdict. Convicted Raju is the son of Subhash Chandra Sheel of Fatehabad village of Devidwar police station in Comilla district.
At the time of the incident, she was working at Tiptop Hair Carti Salon in Bipnibag Bazar, Chandpur. Narayan Chandra Ghosh, the victim of the murder, is a resident of Ghosh Para in Ghosh district.
He used to earn his livelihood by selling curd and sweets in various shops including Bipni Bagh in the city.
According to the details of the case, on September 15, 2021, around 10:30 PM, Narayan Chandra Ghosh went to the salon of accused Raju.
Because Narayan Chandra used to lend money on interest. Raju took a loan of Tk 2000 from him at a daily interest of Tk 20. Even though he paid the interest regularly, he could not do it on the day of the incident. Raju asks Narayan Chandra to leave and come later. Later, when he came again around 12 in the night, he asked to cut his hair and shave it. Just then, Raju gets enraged and cuts his throat with a sharp hoof to save him and chokes him to death. Later they left his body in a sack near Sharif Steel in Bipnibag Bazar.
The next day on September 16 around 7 am, the relatives found the body of Narayan Chandra Ghosh through the locals. The police came and recovered the body from the spot and completed the legal process.
Narayan Chandra’s son Rajeev Ghosh filed a murder case against Rajeev Orpe Raju Chandra Sheel at Chandpur Sadar Model Police Station on September 17 in this incident. After the case, the police arrested the accused Raju on September 21 and handed him over to the court.
The case was investigated by the then Sub-Inspector (SI) Rashedul Islam of Chandpur Sadar Model Police Station. After the investigation, he filed the charge sheet in the court on March 14, 2022.
Public prosecutor (PP) Ranjit Roy Chowdhury, the lawyer for the state, said that the case was in court for more than two years and 21 people took their testimony. The judge gave this verdict on Sunday after the accused confessed his crime, reviewed the evidence and the case documents. The accused was present in the court during the verdict.
The accused converted to Islam while in prison. He told the lawyer himself that his current name is Abdur Rahman.
The lawyer of the defendant was the lawyer of Legal Aid. Shafiqul Islam Bhuiyan.
Correspondent: Ashiq bin Rahim, 21 April 2024
Tags: Youth sentenced life imprisonment case murder businessman Narayan Chandra Chandpur city
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