Husband to be hanged for killing wife

A court here Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife in 2007. The convict Manik Mollah (24), son of Sona Mollah of Dakkhin Bhobanipur village in Kumarkhali Upazila strangled his wife Rashida Khatun (18), to death over a family feud on September 6, 2007. Later, a murder case was filed against three people in this connection. After examining the records and witnesses, judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Akbar Hossain Mridha handed down the verdict acquitting two others. - UNB