FENI, Oct 9 (UNB): A court sentenced a man to death for killing his septuagenarian father in the district Sunday. The convict was identified as Khurshid Alam of village Nayanpur in Daganbhuiyan Upazila. According to the prosecution, Khurshid mercilessly beat up his wife following a family feud on September 20, 2002. As Khurshid's father Abdur Rashid (75) slapped him for torturing his wife, Khurshid became furious and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him dead on the spot. After examining the records and witnesses Additional District and Sessions Judge M Didar Ali Fakir found Khurshid guilty and handed down the punishment in the crowded courtroom.
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