A Kishoreganj court on Monday sentenced six people, including two women, to life imprisonment for killing a housewife in Mogolpara village of Karimganj upazila in 2011.
The convicts were identified as – Lutfu alias Rukon, 30, his cousin Sharif, 22, his uncle Sohrab, 45, his aunt Josna, 40, Muslim, 55, and his wife Nur Nahar, 35.
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All of them are relatives of the victim’s husband.
Kishreganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdur Rahim pronounced the verdict and fined each of the convicts Tk 1 lakh or additional six months in jail in default.
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According to case statement, the convicts strangulated victim Ruba to death over family feud and dumped her body in a ditch near their house on June 3, 2011.
The young housewife was killed only 15 days after her marriage.
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Her brother filed a case at Karimganj Police Station over the matter.