A court in Narayanganj sentenced the lone accused Mahfuz to death in the sensational five-murder case.
Judge Hosne Ara Begum of Narayanganj District and Sessions Judge Court passed the order at 11.40am on Monday.
On January 16, 2016, five members of a family were killed by unidentified miscreants at Baburail area in the city.
The deceased are Taslima Begum, 35, wife of Shafiqul Islam, a private car driver in Dhaka, their children Sumaiya, 5, and Shantu, 10, Taslima’s brother Morshedul, 22, and Lamia, 25, who was married to Shafiqul’s brother Sharif.
A day into the killing, Shafiqul Islam filed a case against unidentified miscreants with Narayanganj Sadar Police Station.
Later, police arrested Mahfuz, a nephew of the complainant of the murder case Shafiqul, and showed him arrested in the case on the same day.
The following day, a Narayanganj court placed Mahfuz on a seven-day remand in connection with the case.
In his confessional statement, Mahfuz told the court that he along with his associates killed the five members of the family.
He said he planned to take revenge on his slain aunt Lamia as she had refused his proposal for developing an illicit relationship.