A Jashore court on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife and two minor daughters over a family feud in 2022.
Judge of the Jashore Additional District and Session Judge Court-5, Zakir Hossain Tipu handed down the punishment.
According to the prosecution, the convict Babu, son of Mashiur Biswas of Jagonnathpur Biswaspara in Sadar upazila of Jashore married Sabina Yeasmin Bithi, 32, eleven years ago and since then the couple had been at loggerheads over family feud.
He used to torture her over trifling matters.
In July, 2022, Babu, along with his wife Sabina Yeasmin Bithi and two daughters—Sumaiya, 9, and Safia, 2—went to his in-laws' house.
On July 15, 2022, Babu strangulated his wife and two daughters while returning to his home from in-law’s house at Chapatala village in Abhaynagar upazila and dumped the bodies at a field at Chengutia on Jashore-Khulna highway.
Bithi’s father Mujibur Rahman filed a case with Abhaynagar Police Station.
Sub-inspector of Abhaynagar Police Station Golam Hossain submitted chargesheet against Babu on November 30, 2022.
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