BANGLADESH: YOUNG MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN NILPHAMARI

a young man was sentenced to death for killing his wife for dowry at a remote village in Kishorganj upazila, Bangladesh, on May 15, 2003. Judge M A Noor handed down the death penalty to Azharul, a 22-year old farmer of Chandkana village, for beating to death his wife Shahida Begum. His younger brother Majidul, 18, was awarded 5 years jail for complicity.