A Kishoreganj court on Wednesday sentenced three people including a father to death for killing his daughter in Karimganj upazila of Kishoreganj district around nine years back.
Judge of Kishoreganj Senior District and Sessions Judge Court Muhammad Nurul Amin Biplob also fined the convicts Tk 50, 0000 each , said the court’s Assistant Public Prosecutor Mazharul Islam.
The convicts are the victim’s father Anowarul Islam alias Angur Mia, paternal uncle Khurshid Mia (Anowarul’s brother) and paternal cousin Sadek Mia. All were tried in the absentia.
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The court also acquitted the victim’s mother Nazmunnhar of the charges.
According to the case statement, the accused slaughtered Mir Aktar Asma, daughter of Anowarul, to frame their rivals as they had rivalry with neighbour Abu Bakkar Siddique and others over land on October 10, 2016.
Later, the father filed a murder case with the police station accusing his rivals.
But police found that Mira was murdered by her family members in a planned way.
Police filed a case accusing the trio and arrested them.