Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- A Chattogram court has handed down the death penalty to a contractor over the murder of a bKash agent in 2020.

Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Begum Sirajam Munira delivered the verdict on Monday.

Abdur Rahman, the convict, was present during the sentencing and was sent to jail later, reports bdnews24.com.

Omar Fuad, bench clerk of the court, said: "The court sentenced Abdur Rahman to death under Section 302, fined him Tk 20,000, and ordered six months in prison if he fails to pay the fine."

"Additionally, the court sentenced him to three years of rigorous imprisonment, fined him Tk 10,000 and ordered three more months in jail if he fails to pay the fine as the charge of disappearing the body after the ...