Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- A Mymensingh court has sentenced a man to death for the murder of a van driver in Mymensingh's Muktagacha in 2015.

Mymensingh Additional District and Sessions Judge Md Shamsuddin delivered the verdict in the presence of the suspect on Thursday afternoon.

The death row convict, Sohel Rana, hailed from Muktagacha.

The case documents say rickshaw van driver Jahidul left his home in Mandulsen's Paschim Para area on the afternoon of Sept 17, 2015, as he usually did.

When he did not return home that night, his family tried to contact him on his mobile phone.

They made inquiries, but were unable to find him that night. The following day, locals found a body - which had its throat slit - in a canal. The family later identifi...