| HEADLINE |
|
Seven sentenced to life over housewife murder case
Published : Tuesday, 10 November, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Observer Online Report
A court has sentenced seven people to life imprisonment and fined them Tk 100,000 each for the 2016 murder of a housewife in Karimganj upazila. Four other accused were acquitted.
A court in Kishoreganj has sentenced seven people to life imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of housewife Jyotsna Begum in Karimganj upazila.
The court also fined each convict Tk 100,000.
Additional District and Sessions Judge-1 Md Zahir Uddin pronounced the verdict on Tuesday (November 10).
The convicts are Robi, 37, Manzil, 65, Shahid, 55, Mahbub, 35, Aminul, 30, Ziauddin, 55, and Shahabuddin, 60.
Four other accused Abul Kalam, Sufia Akter, Koli Akter and Nurunnahar were acquitted as the charges against them could not be proven.
Kishoreganj District Judge Court Public Prosecutor Md Mizanur Rahman confirmed the verdict.
According to the case details, Jyotsna Begum, 30, wife of Habibur Rahman of Jatiapara village in Gujadia union of Karimganj upazila, was killed following an attack by neighbours over a seemingly minor dispute on February 18, 2016.
The incident began when Koli Akter, wife of accused Robi, was cooking on a traditional clay stove that evening. Smoke from the stove reportedly entered the house of their neighbour Habibur Rahman.
An argument over the smoke escalated into an attack on Jyotsna Begum and her relatives. Several people were injured in the incident.
Jyotsna was taken to Kishoreganj 250-bed General Hospital in critical condition, where she died later that night.
On February 20, Habibur Rahman filed a murder case with Karimganj Police Station, accusing 11 people.
Following an investigation, the case's investigating officer submitted a charge sheet against the accused before the court.
After examining witness testimonies and other evidence, the court delivered its verdict on Tuesday.
-MT
Loading...
Loading...
Also read
Editor : Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury
Published by the Editor on behalf of the Observer Ltd. from Globe Printers, 24/A, New Eskaton Road, Ramna, Dhaka.
Editorial, News and Commercial Offices : Aziz Bhaban (2nd floor), 93, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000.
Phone: PABX- 41053001-06; Advertisement: 41053012; 01793317829, 01550707291, 01550707296
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Online-email: [email protected]
Published by the Editor on behalf of the Observer Ltd. from Globe Printers, 24/A, New Eskaton Road, Ramna, Dhaka.
Editorial, News and Commercial Offices : Aziz Bhaban (2nd floor), 93, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000.
Phone: PABX- 41053001-06; Advertisement: 41053012; 01793317829, 01550707291, 01550707296
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Online-email: [email protected]
