Advocate Jahurul Haider Babu, Public Prosecutor of Satkhira Women and Children Repression Prevention Special Tribunal, said the tribunal awarded death sentence to husband Ronjon Mondol, 37, on charge of beating his wife Swapna Rani to death for dowry of Tk 50,000
Hosne Ara Akter, Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal gave the verdict at a crowded court in the afternoon.
Advocate Jahurul Haider Babu informed that Ranjan Mondol, son of Rabin Mondol of Jalalabad, used to torture Swapna Mondol. On June 9 in 2012, he has beaten to death his wife at his house demanding dowry of Tk 50,000
Brother of the deceased Shibpodo Das lodged a murder case with Kolaroa police station as plaintiff accusing six people.
SI Golam Sarwar Molla, the investigation officer of the case, submitted charge-sheet in the court after completion of further investigation on July 12 in 2012.
The court announced the death sentence against the accused after the evidence regarding the killing was proved true after the witnesses taken from nine people.
The husband Ranjan Mondol was absent in the court as he was absconding on bail before the verdict.