A court in Chattogram on Thursday sentenced a man to death and another to three years imprisonment for killing a woman and her 10-year-old daughter in 2015.
The condemned convicts were Belal Hossain, 27, son of Mono Mia of Korbanpur village of Cumilla's Muradnagar upazila and Titu Saha,46,son of Nepal Saha of Bakhrabad Ranjit Master Bari area of the upazila.
Judge of Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-6, Sirajam Munira handed down the judgment in presence of two convicts, said additional Public Prosecutor of the Metropolitan Sessions Court Barua Dighu.
The court also fined Belal and Titu Tk 50,000 and 10,000, in default, they will have to suffer six and three more months imprisonment respectively.
According to the prosecution, the victims Nasima Begum and her daughter Rikta Akter Falguni used to live in a rented house in the South Nalapara area of the city.
On May 7, 2015, police recovered the bodies of Nasima Begum and her daughter from the 4th floor of the six-storied building.
Later, a case was filed against unnamed people following a complaint lodged by victim's husband Shah Alam.
On May 27, police arrested Belal Hossain, cousin of Shah Alam.
Accused Belal Hossain confessed that he had a love affair with garment worker Farzana. He killed the duo and looted Tk 111,000, gold ornaments weighing 4 bhori and two mobile phone sets from the house to marry her.
Belal sold the ornaments to Titu Saha, a jeweler's employee in Baklia Ishaq's Pool area of the city.
Based on the information given by Belal, Titu Saha was also arrested by the police.
Later, police submitted the chargesheet to the court on October 25, 2015.