Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Bangladesh: man hanged for drowning wife

RAJSHAHI, Sept 5 (BSS): The death penalty of an accused was executed in Rajshahi Central Jail last night on charge of killing his wife, Jail sources said here this morning.

The executed person was identified as Nistar Ali, son of Abdul Aziz Master of Raghobpur village under Shibgonj Upazila of Chapainawabgonj district.

According to the jail sources, Nistar Ali was convicted and sentenced to the capital punishment and fined Taka 10,000 by the District and Session Judge, Naogaon on September 14, 2003.

The court found him guilty of drowning his wife Merina Begum, 22, to death into a nearby pond at Beldanga village under Shapaher Upazila in Naogaon district in the midnight on September 14,1999.

Subsequently, he was shifted to the Rajshahi Central Jail on October 16, 2003.

Source: The Financial Express, September 6, 2011

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