A tribunal has sentenced a husband, Md. Mizanur Rahman alias Mizan Hossain, to death for killing his wife over dowry in South Keraniganj of Dhaka seven years ago. Judge Munshi Md. Mashiur Rahman of Dhaka Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal-4 delivered the verdict on Sunday. Along with the death penalty, he was fined one lakh taka.
According to the case details, the couple got married in 2008 and they have two daughters. After taking various amounts of dowry over the years, Mizan demanded an additional fifty thousand taka. On July 25, 2019, after receiving a lesser amount, he strangled her to death at a rented house in the Char Meerbagh area of Keraniganj.
The victim's brother filed a case at the South Keraniganj Police Station the following day. Following the case, the accused gave a confessional statement in court. After investigation, police submitted the charge sheet on December 29, 2019, and the tribunal recorded the testimony of ten witnesses during the trial.
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