Kakrail Double Murder: Verdict on Jan 17

A Dhaka court yesterday set January 17 for the judgment over the murders of Shamsun Nahar and her 17-year-old son Sajjadul Karim Shaon in Dhaka's Kakrail in 2017.

Judge Md Rabiul Alam of the Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court of Dhaka set the date after conclusion of arguments, Assistant Public Prosecutor Mohammad Salauddin Howladar told The Daily Star.

During yesterday's hearing, the three accused -- Abdul Karim, Nahar's husband; Sharmin Akter Mukta, his third wife; and Al-Amin Johny, Mukta's brother -- were produced before the court.

Earlier, the court recorded statements of 17 out of 22 prosecution witnesses including the complainant.

On November 1 of 2017, 46-year-old Shamsun Nahar and her son Shaon, an A-level student, were murdered inside their six-storey building in Kakrail.

Police found Nahar's body in her bedroom on the fourth floor while Shaon's on the staircases of the third floor.