A court in Cumilla has sentenced a woman and three others to death on the charge of killing her husband at Homna upazila in 2013.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Jahangir Hossain handed down the verdict on Wednesday in the absence of the accused.
The convicts were Shahanaj Begum, Md Kuddus Mia, Abdul Khalek, Md Rajib.
According to case statement, Abdul Jalil went missing on June 9, 2013, after leaving his home in Homna on his way to Dhaka.
Jalil's mutilated body was recovered from the roadside in Baher Khola area the next day.
His brother Tajul Islam filed a case with Homna Police Station against unidentified miscreants.
Later, the investigating officer of the case submitted the chargesheet to the court accusing five people -Abdul Jalil's wife Shahnaz Begum, Md Shahjahan, Md Kuddus Mia, Abdul Khalek and Md Rajib.
The court sentenced four people to death as the charges against them were proved after the prosecution examined 14 witnesses.
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