4 get death penalty for Gazipur murder

A Gazipur court has sentenced four men to death for killing one Morsheda Akhter seven years ago over conjugal dispute.

One of those convicted is the victim’s husband Abu Ayub Lalon.
 
Gazipur Additional District and Sessions Court and Special Tribunal-2 judge Md Fazle Elahi Bhuiyan delivered the verdict on Tuesday.
 
The others convicted are Mulluk Hossain Bhuiyan, 30, Md Rana, 34, and Hanif Mia, 32. All of them have been fined Tk 10,000 each.
 
They can challenge the sentence in a higher court within seven days.
 
The plaintiff, Akhter’s uncle Shawkat Ali, said he was satisfied with the verdict and demanded its swift execution.
 
But the defence counsels said they had been denied justice.
 
They said they would move the High Court against the death sentences.
 
According to case details, several years after their marriage in 1998, Lalon started demanding dowry and physically abusing Akhter regularly.
 
He even threatened to kill her.
 
Ali said Lalon had an extra-marital affair with his neighbour’s wife that led to conjugal discord.
 
“Lalon’s friends hacked her on the night of Nov 5, 2008 at his behest. She succumbed to her injuries the following day at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital,” he added.
 
Akhter, a mother of two, was five months into pregnancy at that time.
 
He filed a case with Joydebpur police on Nov 8.
 
Locals nabbed Hanif and handed him over to police while the law-keepers arrested the other three later.