A Chattogram court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years imprisonment for attempting to kill his wife in 1999.
The convict Khurshid alias Khussya Sobhan is a son of Tajul Islam of Muradnagar upazila in Cumilla district, reports UNB.
Additional Chattogram Metropolitan Session Judge Court-4 Shariful Alam Bhuiya handed down the judgment.
According to the prosecution, Khurshid opened fire on his wife Nilufa Begum at Boubazar Razamia colony in Bakolia area of Chattogram port city on March 6, 1999, leaving her injured.
A complaint has been lodged with Chandgaon Police. Police registered an attempt to murder case later.
On December 5, 2007, police submitted chargesheet against Khurshid.