BANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KHULNA WOMAN

Khulna court on 12 October 2020 sentenced three people including husband to death for killing a woman at Badurgaccha village in Dumuria upazila in 2016.
The convicts are Prosenjit Gain, husband of the victim, Onimesh Gain and Biplob Kanti Mandal.
The court also sentenced them to seven-year jail each and fined Tk 45,000 under two other sections.
According to prosecution, Tumpa was choked to death by her husband on 7 October 2016 and her body was dumped in Ghangrail River.
Police recovered her body two days later.
Police submitted a charge sheet against the four accused on 25 November 2017.
After examining all these records and 26 witnesses among 28, Khulna district and sessions judge Moshiur Rahman Chowdhury handed down the verdict acquitting one accused.