A court in Sirajganj on Tuesday sentenced a young man to life-term imprisonment for killing his maternal grandmother.
The lifer is Siam Sheikh, 23, a resident of Sayadhangara Uttarpara colony under Sirajganj municipality.
Judge of Sirajganj Additional Session Judge Court Mohammad Erfan Ullah handed down the verdict.
The court also fined him Tk 20,000 and in default, he will have to serve one year more in jail.
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The court assistant public prosecutor (APP) advocate Was Karni Locket confirmed the matter to Jago News.
He said Siam locked in an altercation with his maternal grandmother Wazeda Khatun on September 8, 2019, and at one stage, he hacked her with an ax, leaving her injured.
Later, she succumbed to her injuries at Sirajganj General Hospital.
The victim's son Yusuf Ali lodged a case with Sadar Police Station in this connection.
Subsequently, Siam confessed to the murder in court.
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