Man sentenced to death for killing wife after 13-year trial

A court in Kurigram today sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Char Rajibpur upazila of the district.

Kurigram District and Sessions Judge's Court Judge Abdul Mannan passed the order around noon, our Lalmonirhat correspondent reports quoting the Judge Court's Public Prosecutor Abraham Lincoln.

According to the case statement, Bakul Miah of Rajibpur upazila, strangled his wife Shahina Begum following a dispute between them over his extramarital affair on December 2, 2007.

After killing Shahina, Bakul hanged the body and tried to show that his wife died by suicide but autopsy reports later revealed she was strangled to death.

The victim's father Shamsul Haque filed a murder case against two including Bakul Miah. After a 13-year trial, the court today delivered the verdict.

The court acquitted the other accused of the case.