Man to walk gallows for killing sister-in-law

FE Team | Published: February 12, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

NOAKHALI, Feb 11 (UNB): A court here on Tuesday convicted a man of killing his sister-in-law here in 2006 and sentenced him to death.
The condemned convict was identified as Alamgir Hossain, 40, a resident of Kasba upazila in Brahmanbaria district.
The court also sentenced Fazlul Karim, 35, maternal uncle of victim Lucky Akhter for abetting Alamgir in the crime. Alamgir was present in the dock when the judge pronounced the verdict while Fazlul was tried in absentia.
According to the prosecution, Lucky was stabbed to death by her brother-in-law Alamgir, who was then a conservancy worker of Dhaka Club, at the residence of her another brother-in-law Mohammad Alam at the Sweeper Quarters of Noakhali Jail on September 9, 2006.
Alam filed a case against Alamgir and four other people, including her maternal uncle Fazlul Karim, with Sudharam Model Police Station the following day.
After examining the records and witnesses, Special Session's Judge Shirin Kabita Akhter handed down the verdict acquitting three accused.
Meanwhile, a Jhalakati court sentenced a man to two years' rigorous imprisonment for demanding dowry from his wife.
The convict is Abul Hasan, son of Ali Akbar of Mirzaganj Bazar area of Patuakhali district.