District Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 Fazle Khoda Md Nazir passed the order on Tuesday. Jafar Ali, 37, was also fined Tk 20,000 in addition to his death sentence, state prosecutor Abdul Hamid Lavlu said. Jafar got married to Hasi Khatun in 2004, according to the case dossier. Jafar strangled Hasi to death on Sep 7, 2007 following an altercation. The victim’s elder brother Zakaria Hossain started a case over the incident.

Source: bd News24 November 12, 2019 10:09 UTC