RAJSHAHI, Dec 13, 2021 (BSS) - A court here today sentenced two persons,

including a woman, to death on charge of killing a farmer in the district
around eight years back.

     Judge of Public Safety Violators Offense Prevention Tribunal and Special
Session Judge Court Akbar Ali Sheikh found them guilty of the murder charge
and pronounced the verdict this noon.

     The convicts identified as Mafiz Uddin and Fuljan Bibi, both of the
residents of Kathalbaria village under Durgapur upazila in the district, were
present in the court during the pronouncement of the verdict.

     Another accused of the case Deraj Uddin, husband of Fuljan Bibi, was
acquitted as the murder charge brought against him could not be proved beyond
doubt.

     Public Prosecutor Asaduzzaman told the journalists that the accused in
accomplice with each other slaughtered their neighbour Muhammad Nurun Nabi to
death on April 15, 2013. They also severed his head from body.

     Subsequently, they packed the body in a gunny bag and left it in a
nearby wetland at night.

     Asaduzzaman said extra-marital affairs between them were said to be
reason behind the murder.

     Son of the victim Hashem Ali had lodged a case with Durgapur Police
Station on the following day. Upon completion of the investigation police
pressed charges accusing three persons.

     After examining recorded depositions of 29 prosecution witnesses and
other relevant evidence the tribunal handed down the verdict.