A Brahmanbaria court on Tuesday sentenced a woman and three others to death for killing her husband over extramarital affair in 2009.
The convicts are Kohinur Begum, Doha alias Duissa, Abul Khayer and Golap Mia. Among the convicts, Abul Khayer was tried in absentia.
According to the prosecution, Kohinur, wife of Shahjahan Khan of Jalshuka village in Nabinagar upazila, had developed an extramarital relation with Doha, report UNB.
On December 2, 2009, she along with Doha and two others killed Shahjahan.
Later, Shahajahan's father Abdul Bari filed a case with Nabinagar Police Station.
After an investigation, police submitted a chargesheet against six people in the case.
After examining records and witnesses, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sheikh Razia Sultana handed down the verdict and acquitted two others as allegations brought against them could not be proved.
