4 including mother get death for murdering 9-yr-old

Staff Reporter Published: 29 August 2017, 07:25 AM | Updated: 29 August 2017, 08:34 AM
4 including mother get death for murdering 9-yr-old

A court in Khulna has sentenced four people including mother to death for murdering 9-year-old child one year ago.

Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mosammat Dilruba Sultana passed the verdict on Tuesday.

The court also acquitted one accused in the case.

The death-row convict’s are the victim’s mother Sonia Akter, Md Nurunnabi, Md Rasul and Md Hafizur Rahman.

According to investigators, Sonia was involved in an extra-marital affair with convict Nurunnabi, which was the motive of the killing. The mother confessed to the crime later in court.

The father started a murder case with the police the same day.

On Jun 9, 2016, police found Hashmi Miah’s body wrapped in a sack, which was dumped in the southwestern city’s Kartikkul neighbourhood.