Model’s death penalty for killing husband upheld
The High Court today upheld death sentence of five convicts including a model, Sumaiya Kaniz Sagorika, for killing her husband Jahangir Alam in Dhaka in November 2008.
Jahangir, 38, an iron trader of Shyampur area at the old part of the capital, was hacked to death by a group of miscreants, led by his wife Sagorika, 25, at about 4:00am on November 4, 2008 as he (victim) prohibited his wife to be involved with other people, read the case statement.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The victim's father Firoz Alam, along with his son-in-law Imamul Hassan, went to his son's residence after hearing the news and found his son dead. Though they asked Sagorika about the cause of the death, she kept mum, the statement said.
Later, a murder case was filed with Shyampur Police Station against Sagorika and six others for committing the offence.
Today the HC upheld the lower court verdict that sentenced Sagorika, Mohammad Ibrahim, Hizra Khalil, Al Amin and Khalil Sheikh to death for killing Jahangir.
The bench of Justice Soumendra Sarker and Justice ANM Bashir Ullah, acquitted Ali Ashraf Liton, who was sentenced to death by the lower court, of the murder charge, Deputy Attorney General Md Bashirullah told The Daily Star.
He said the HC came up with the verdict after examining the documents, evidence and hearing arguments from the counsels.
The allegations against the five convicts have been proved beyond doubt, DAG Bashirullah said, adding that all the six convicts are now in condemned cell of Dhaka central jail.
He also said the government will move an appeal before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Ali Ashraf Liton.
Judge Kaniz Akhter Nasrina Khanam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 on June 21, 2010 had sentenced Sagorika, Liton, Ibrahim, Hizra Khalil, Al Amin and Khalil Sheikh to death for killing Jahangir.
The tribunal acquitted Ismail Hossain, also a fugitive, as the charge brought against him was not proved.
Later on, the convicts filed separate appeals with the HC challenging the lower court verdict.