Published : 29 Jul 2026, 06:00 PM
Updated : 08 Sep 2026, 09:28 AM
A Dhaka court has sentenced driver Hridoy Bepari aka Hridoy Miah to death for the murder of Seven Circle Bangladesh Limited official Afroza Sultana nearly four years ago in Dhaka’s Madhya Badda.
Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Moin Chowdhury delivered the verdict in the case on Wednesday, said the court's bench assistant Golam Nabi.
According to the case details, Afroza Sultana was the deputy manager of the MIS department of Seven Circle Bangladesh Limited.
She was killed by having her throat slit at her apartment in Madhya Badda on Mar 13, 2022.
The day after the incident, her brother Md Al Manzil filed a murder case with Badda Police Station as the plaintiff.
The case’s investigating officer was Detective Branch Gulshan Zone Deputy Inspector Md Ripon Uddin.
Based on CCTV video, the confession of the accused, and other evidence, the charge sheet stated that the accused Hridoy lost a huge amount of money after becoming addicted to online gambling. While attempting to rob her gold jewellery to pay off his debts, he found Afroza alone and murdered her by slitting her throat with a knife.
Later, according to the accused's confession, the police dug up a 9-inch-long blood-stained knife used in the murder, 22.04 grams of looted gold jewellery, blood-stained tissue paper, and a vanity bag containing Tk 600 in stolen cash.
