A Pirojpur court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment and his mother to seven years in jail for their involvement in a murder case. The convicts are Rehana Begum and her son Tajim from Sohagdal village in Nesarabad upazila. The court also fined Tajim 10,000 taka, with an additional six months of rigorous imprisonment in default, and fined Rehana Begum 5,000 taka, with three months of imprisonment in default. The verdict was delivered by Senior District and Sessions Judge Md Mojibur Rahman on Thursday afternoon.

According to court sources, on February 10, 2018, Tajim and another youth hired a motorcycle from Bayarhula stand, driven by victim Milon. When Milon did not return home that night, his family searched for him, but his phone was found switched off. Milon’s father filed a general diary on February 12, and two days later, police recovered Milon’s body from a septic tank at Tajim’s house. Investigations revealed that Tajim killed Milon and hid the body with his mother’s help.

Police later charged four people, and the court convicted two while acquitting the others.