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A Sirajganj court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife in 2023.
The court also fined him Tk 30,000, in default of which he will have to serve an additional one year in jail.
The convict, Fazal Sarkar, is the son of late Chabader Ali of Panaigati village in Raiganj upazila.
Nazrul Islam, Additional District and Sessions Judge of Sirajganj, handed down the verdict on Thursday afternoon, said Assistant Public Prosecutor Hamidul Islam Dulal.
According to the prosecution, Fazal Sarkar married Nur Mahal of Basuria village in the same area. The couple had been in a long-standing marital dispute and divorced in 2021.
However, they remarried in February 2023 and started living together again.
On June 26 of that year, police recovered the hanging body of Nur Mahal from a eucalyptus tree near Laxmi Khola Bridge in the area.
Following the incident, the victim’s brother Yakub Hossain filed a case with the concerned police station, accusing Fazal Sarkar.
After investigation, police submitted a charge sheet against him.
Following the trial and examination of witnesses, the court found him guilty and delivered the verdict, the prosecutor added.