A Noakhali court on Tuesday sentenced seven people, including the son of the victim, to death for killing a woman.
District and Sessions Judge Nilufar Sultana handed down the verdict, reports UNB.
The condemned convicts are—Abdul Barek, Humayun Kabir, 32, son of Nurjahan Begum, Niron, 26, son of Milon Majhi, Nur Islam, 32, son of Nur Alam, Kalam alias Mamun, 28, son of Dulal Majhi, Ismail, 35, son of Mominullah, Sumon, 28, son of Milad Hossain and Hamid, 35, son of Marfat Ullah of Jahajmara village under Subarnachar upazila of the district.
According to the case statement, Nurjahan Begum, 58, went missing from his home at Jahajmara village in Subarnachar upazila on October 6, 2020.
Later, police recovered her body, cut into five pieces, from a water body.
On the same day, the victim’s son Humayun Kabir filed a complaint with Char Jabbar Police Station.
Later, police arrested Humayun and after interrogation, police came to know that Humayun along with his six associates killed Nurjahan over a land dispute.
The convicts including Humayun strangled Nurjahan to death with a pillow when she was asleep and severed the body into five pieces.
Later, they dumped the body into a water body, added the statement.
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