Judge Salam Khan of the district’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict on Wednesday, also handing the convicts Tk 50,000 fines each. The tribunal acquitted nine other accused as the prosecution failed to prove their involvement in the incident, said Firoz Ahmed, public prosecutor of the tribunal. The three who got death penalty are Abdul Haque Mutait, 42, Zakir Hossain Mutait, 33, and Morshed Ukil, 56. The victim, Hawa Begum, was the wife of Khokon Ukil of Chorbhoira Ukil Para. Three of them admitted to killing Hawa by hitting her in the head and strangling after the rape.

Source: bd News24 November 25, 2020 13:07 UTC