Tribunal sentences a man to death for murdering wife for dowry in Rajshahi

A court in Rajshahi has awarded death penalty to a man who killed his wife for dowry three years ago.

Convict Md Sujon was present at the court when the district's Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 judge KM Shaheed Ahmed pronounced the verdict on Sunday.

Sujon's father Md Shamsuddin and mother Meher Nigar, both were absconding during the trial, were acquitted as the court found no proof of their involvement in the murder.

According to the case dossier, Sujon's wife Sima Khatun was found dead at their home in Polashbari village of Durgapur Upazila of the district on Mar 1, 2013.

Her father Rezaul Haque filed a case against Sujon and his parents accusing them of beating and strangulation of his daughter Sima.