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[Rick Halperin]

June 15



BANGLADESH:

Man to die for killing uncle


A Pirojpur court yesterday awarded death penalty to a man for killing his uncle 
in Sadar upazila in 2013.

The convict is Nibash Shil, 30, son of Sukhoranjan Shil of Tona village under 
the upazila.

Md Golam Kibria, district and sessions judge Pronounced the verdict in the 
presence of Nibash at noon. The court also fined him Tk 20,000.

According to the prosecution, Nibash went to his maternal uncle Hemlal Shil's 
house at Sholoshato village under Nazirpur upazila in the district on September 
8, 2013, to get back Tk 1 lakh that Hemal had earlier borrowed from Nibash's 
mother.

As Hemlal refused to give the money, Nibash locked in an altercation with his 
uncle. At one stage, he stabbed his uncle, leaving him dead on the spot.

Hemlal's family members caught Nibash and handed him over to the police. 
Hemlal's son Shyamol Shil filed a case, accusing Nibash, the next day.

(source: The Daily Star)