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           June
          10, 2000  
            
           
          
           
          Kishoreganj,
          June 9 (UNB) - A court here on Thursday awarded life rigorous
          imprisonment to 11 people in two murder cases.
          
           
           
          
           
          In
          the first verdict, the Additional District and Sessions Judge awarded
          8 people life term RI for murdering a minor girl during harvesting in
          a disputed land.
          
           
           
          
           
          They
          are: Hazrat Ali and his son Nuru Mia, Zahed Ali, Pachhanda Ali, Shafi,
          Mansoor Ali, Muktar Uddin and Nuru Mia.
          
           
           
          
           
          The
          court also fined them Tk 5,000 each, in default, to suffer one year
          more RI.
          
           
           
          
           
          In
          another verdict the same judge sentenced three people to life RI
          Thursday for murdering one Abdus Salam of Gozaria village in Bajitpur
          upazila.
          
           
           
          
           
          The
          court also fined Tk 5,000 each of Mostafa and his two sons Firoj and
          Iqbal, in default, to suffer one year more RI.
          
           
           
          
           
          The
          judge also awarded 10 year RI to each of Jashim and Zakir in the same
          case and fined them Tk 1,000 each, in default, to suffer six months
          more RI.
          
           
           
          
           
          The
          court, however, acquitted four others from the charge, as they were
          not found guilty.
            
          
          
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