JOYPURHAT, Mar 11: A court in the district on Monday sentenced a woman and her lover to death for killing her husband over extramarital affair in Khetlal Upazila in 2015.
Joypurhat Additional District and Sessions Judge Md Nurul Islam handed down the verdict at around 11:30 am.
The condemned convicts are: Jotsna Begum, daughter of Mokhlesar Rahman of Mohobbatpur Durgapur Village; and her lover Shahin Mia Babu, a resident of Dashra Khanpara Village in Khetlal Upazila.
The court also fined them Tk 50,000 each.
Public Prosecutor of the court Advocate Nripendranath Mandal confirmed the matter.
According to the prosecution, Jotsna Begum got married with Jamirul Islam, son of Moazzem Hossain of Ismailpur Village under Akkelpur Upazila in the district. After the marriage, she developed an extramarital affair with Shahin. Following this, the couple often locked into quarrels. As a sequel to it, Jotsna along with her lover Shahin strangulated her husband Jamirul to death on November 9, 2015.
The deceaseds uncle Sanaul Islam lodged a murder case with Khetlal Police Station being the plaintiff in this regard.
After investigation, Investigative Officer of the case Sub-Inspector Mohammad Nazrul Islam submitted the charge-sheet to the court on March 2, 2016.
Following this, the court pronounced the verdict on Monday after examining the case records and taking depositions of the witnesses.
