A Feni court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Fulgazi upazila of Feni district in 2012.
The condemned convict is Abdul Quader Zakaria, 40, of Khajuria village of the upazila.
Additional Sessions Judge Md Kaysar Mosharof Yusuf handed down the verdict and fined the convict Tk 30,000.
According to the case statement, accused Zakaria tortured his wife Ayesha Akter and strangled her at his home on January 5 in 2012. She was later taken to a local hospital where doctors declared her dead.
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Later police arrested Ayesha's husband Zakaria .
On June 2 in 2012, the investigating officer of the case and Fulgazi police inspector Abul Manzur submitted a chargesheet against him. The trial began on October 9 of the same year.