LAKSHMIPUR, Sept 25, 2023 (BSS) - A court here today sentenced a stepmother to 10 years imprisonment for killing a three-year-old child Ahmed in Ramganj upazila of the district in 2022.

Judge of Lakshmipur District and Sessions Judge Court Md Rahibul Islam pronounced the verdict this afternoon.
 
The court also fined her Taka 10,000, in default, she will have to suffer one year more in jail, Public Prosecutor (PP) Advocate Jasim Uddin said.

The convict is Kohinoor Begum, 25, daughter of Mubarak Hossain Kutti, resident of North Darbeshpur village of Darbeshpur union under Ramganj upazila of the district.

According to the details of the case, Miron got divorced from his first wife due to family quarrels. After some times, Miron married Kohinoor of Ramganj and lived in a rented house in the area with his second wife along with the child Ahmed.

On July 22, 2022, he went to Dhaka. On August 10, 2022 Kohinoor went to his father's house in Darbeshpur with Ahmed. Kohinoor came to her husband's house on August 27, 2022. Kohinoor then told Miron that Ahmed could not be found anywhere.

On the same day, he came from Dhaka and searched in different places, but he did not find his son. Miron reported to the Hajiganj Police Station on August 28, 2022. Hajiganj Thana Police came to the house and interrogated Kohinoor. She told the police that Ahmed died after being kicked in the stomach on August 2, 2022.

Later, a hole was dug under the bed and his body was buried there.

Police recovered the Ahmed's body from under the bed in the bedroom of Kohinoor's father's house in Darbeshpur on August 29, 2022.

Miron, the father of the victim Ahmed, filed a case against Kohinoor as plaintiff.

The investigation officer filed a charge sheet against the accused.

After examining witnesses, the court found her guilty and handed down the punishment today.