| A court in southeastern port city of Chittagong on Sunday sentenced six persons to death for the murder of a Buddhist monk, Gyan Jyoti Mohasthobir. The six to go to the gallows are Azizul Haque, Alais Mohammad alias AR Mohammad, Nurul Islam, Hermitage teacher Putul Barua, Manik and Zahiruddin. While handing down the death penalty Additional District Sessions Judge Belayet Hossain also fined them 10,000 taka each. Putul, Manik and Zahiruddin were tried in absentia as the three have been on the run since the gruesome murder took place in the priest's hermitage on April 21, 2000. |