BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN KHULNA

November 2, 2021:

A court in Khulna on 31 October 2021 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2020.
The convict is Rafiq Sheikh of Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat district. The court also fined him Tk 50,000.
The court also sentenced Rafiq to seven years imprisonment under another section of the case and fined him Tk 25,000, in default, to suffer one year more rigorous imprisonment.
Khulna district and sessions judge Mashiur Rahman Chowdhury handed down the verdict.
According to the prosecution, Mariam Begum, 25 of Fakirhat upazila got married to Rafiq in 2017 and the couple used to fight over family.
Rafiq used torture Mariam suspecting that she had extramarital affair.
Rafiq took Mariam to a betel leaf field where he killed her hitting with a brick and set her ablaze by pouring kerosene on 12 August 2020.
Police recovered the charred body of Mariam, two days after the incident on 15 August.
Halima Begum, mother of the victim, lodged a complaint with Rupsha police station.
A case was filed against four people in this connection.
On 31 December 2020, police submitted a charge-sheet accusing Rafiq.
After examining the records and 15 witnesses, Khulna district and sessions judge handed down the verdict.