Rangpur: A court in Rangpur on Sunday sentenced a father-killer son to life term rigorous imprisonment for brutally murdering his father through chopping him with sharp weapon and hitting at the head six years back.

Additional District and Sessions Judge of Court-2 Abu Jafar Md Kamruzzaman delivered the verdict after hearing of the case.

The convicted person is Ershadul Haque alias Ershad, son of Amir Ali of village Dadon Bogra Para under Pirgachha upazila in the district.

According to prosecution, Ershad repeatedly chopped his father Amir Ali with a sharp knife and subsequently hit at the head with a wooden stick killing him on the spot in the village on 2 July in 2009.

Amitan Nesa, daughter of the deceased person, filed a murder case against her father-killer brother Ershadul Haque alias Ershad with Pirgachha police station in this connection.

Later, police arrested Ershad when he gave confessional statement before the court of the Judicial Magistrate.

After investigating into the case, Pirgachha police submitted charge-sheet against the only accused person when the process of trial began.

Examining 15 witnesses and evidences of the case during the long hearing, the court found Ershad guilty and handed down the verdict in the jam-packed courtroom.