Online Desk: A court in Cumilla sentenced six persons to death for murdering a college teacher at a Sadar upazila in 2010. The convicts are Jakir, Iliyas, Kamal, Nayon, Mithun and Jamal. All of them are the residents of the upazila. During the judgement, Jamal, Jakir and Iliyas were present.

According to the public prosecutor, on October 8, 2010, Sujon, a teacher of Baropara Model School and College in the Sadar upazila, was hacked to death. Later, the deceased’s father Farruq Azam filed a case next day accusing nine people

After recording the statements of 15 witnesses, the court today pronounced the verdict. Of the nine accused, two were acquitted as their charges were not proved. One accused died when the trial proceeding was underway.