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BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE

Abdul Kader was sentenced to death by a court in Laxmipur, Bangladesh, for the murder of his wife, 19-year old Peara Begum, at Charmartin village in the Ramgati district on September 4, 2000.

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Abdul Kader was sentenced to death by a court in Laxmipur, Bangladesh, for the murder of his wife, 19-year old Peara Begum, at Charmartin village in the Ramgati district on September 4, 2000.
According to the prosecution, failing to secure Tk 20,000 as dowry Kader poured kerosene on Peara’s clothes and set her on fire. Badly burnt she died in Laxmipur hospital the following day.
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  • (Sources: United News of Bangladesh Limited, 12/04/2005)