BANGLADESH: MAN HANGED FOR KILLING WOMAN, SON

September 6, 2011: ABM Nazmul Sakib, alias Ashik, 32, a private tutor, was executed in Jessore Central Jail in Bangladesh for robbing and killing a woman and her son.
A gang of three robbers, led by Ashik, killed the housewife and her son after committing robbery at their house in Sonadanga sub-district in Khulna on September 17, 2000, after they recognised Ashik as their tutor at the house.
The Khulna District and Sessions Judge Court sentenced Sakib to death by hanging in 2002. The High Court and the Supreme Court upheld the verdict. (Sources: Gulf Times, 07/09/2011)