UNB, Manikganj :
A court here on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife at Najirpur village in Singair upazila in 2007.
The court also fined the convict Tk 20,000.
The condemned convict was identified as Alamgir Hossain, a resident of Kalidaspur village in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi district.
According to the prosecution, Mamtaz Begum, wife of Alamgir, was strangulated to death by her husband over a family feud on April 14, 2007.
Anesa Begum, mother of the deceased, filed a case with Singair Police Station on the following day.
Shah Alam Munsi, sub-inspector of the police station and also the investigation officer of the case, submitted a chargesheet against Alamgir.
After examining records and witnesses, Manikganj District and Session Judge Mizanur Rahman Khan handed down the verdict.
