Wife strangled to death for asking him to wash clothes, husband sentenced to death

Husband killed his wife Khaleda Akhtar by twisting her veil and suffocating her for asking her to wash wet clothes. Because of this, the husband said. Comilla court sentenced Mozammel Hossain Raju to death.

Judge Rozina Khan of Comilla's Additional District and Sessions Judge III Court gave the verdict at 12 noon on Thursday.

Convicted accused. Mozammel Hossain Raju (25) is the son of Nurunnabi Prakash Noor Alam of Satishak village of Comilla Chauddagram upazila.

According to the details of the case, the victim Khaleda Akter (23) along with the accused Md. Mozammel Hossain Raju has a 3-year-old daughter named Meem. Since marriage, the victim's husband. As Mozammel Hossain Raju was unemployed, the victim Khaleda Akhtar used to stay at her father's house with her infant child Meem. On November 2, 2018, the accused. Mozammel Hossain Raju visited his father-in-law's house. The next morning told her husband to wash the clothes. Mozammel Hossain Raju strangled Khaleda Akhter by wrapping a veil around her neck during the argument. Accused left the body near the pond and ran away. Later in the morning, the dead body of the victim was found lying in the pond. The deceased's father, Nangalkot upazila Purva Daiara Md. Mobarak Hossain (55) filed a murder case at Nangalkot police station accusing Mozammel Hossain Raju, son of Nurunnabi Prakash Noor Alam, of Shatishak village of Chauddagram upazila as the plaintiff. Investigating Officer SI. Sohel Rana arrested Mozammel Hossain Raju using information technology. When handed over to the court, the accused gives a confessional statement.

Mozammel Hossain Raju was absent from the courtroom when the verdict was announced.

Expressing satisfaction with this verdict, the counsel for the state, Additional PP Advocate Md. Aminul Islam and additional PP advocate. Nurul Islam said, we hope the high court will uphold this judgment and implement it quickly.

Bangladesh /MP