in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, a husband and two hired killers were

in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, a husband and two hired killers were sentenced to death for the pre-planned murder of Tahmina Sharmin Tania, 28, an assistant school teacher, in January, 2007. District and Sessions Judge Abu Bakar Siddiqi handed down the death penalty to Zahid, alias Jewel, Mizanur Rahman and his accomplice Shaheen Alam. Police investigations alleged that the extra-marital relation of Zahid with his cousin was the motive. Zahid took his wife and 10-month old baby Jaymon to Kuakata sea beach in Patuakhali on January 30, 2007. That night, Tania was murdered with the help of hired killers, driver Mizan and his accomplice Shaheen, at Rajopara area of Kalapara upazila. Police later arrested Jewel, seized the private car and rescued the baby. Following the confessional statement of Jewel, police arrested Mizan from Khilgaon and Shaheen from Bancharampur upazila in Brahmanbaria district.