A Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal has sentenced five people to death in the murder case of Sayedur Rahman Basu in Gopalganj. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday at 11 a.m. by Judge Md. Rahibul Islam of Speedy Trial Tribunal-1. In addition to the death sentences, four individuals were given life imprisonment until death, and eleven others received life terms. Each convicted person was also fined 10,000 taka. The tribunal’s public prosecutor, Abdur Rashid Molla, confirmed the ruling and stated that the prosecution was satisfied with the verdict.

According to the case details, Sayedur Rahman Basu, former president of the Gopalganj District Motor Workers’ Union, was murdered in 2016. His younger brother, Jasu Sheikh, filed the case at Gopalganj Sadar Police Station on February 19 of that year. On July 12, 2016, investigating officer and sub-inspector Hazrat Ali submitted a charge sheet against 23 accused. The Gopalganj District Judge’s Court began the trial on August 29, 2017, and the case was later transferred to the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 on August 16, 2018 for final adjudication.