BANGLADESH: FOUR TO GO TO GALLOWS IN MURDER CASE IN BHOLA

a special tribunal in Bhola, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death for killing a housewife. The condemned convicts are Barun Chandra Das, his father Ramesh Chandra Das, mother Fulu Rani and brother Nitai Chandra Das of Sitakunda village in Monpura upazila. All were tried in absentia. According to the prosecution, Barun in association with his family members tortured his wife Shimul Rani to death on June 2, 2006, over a dowry demand. After examining the records and witnesses, District and Sessions Judge M Idris Alam found them guilty and handed down the judgment.