Man to die for killing wife

A court here yesterday sentenced a man to death in connection with a case for killing his wife in 2013. 

The convict, Imtiaj Hossain alias Diamond, 37, is son of late SM Azim Uddin of Munshipara area in Thakurgaon municipality.

Thakurgaon District and Session Judge Mamunur Rashid also fined the convict Tk 1 lakh.   

Moreover, the court sentenced another accused Asad Hossain, 28, to life term imprisonment for assisting Diamond in the killing and fined him Tk 3 lakh.

According to prosecution, Imtiaj strangled his wife Faria Akhter Mumu, 24, at their house on August 1, 2013. 

Later, he and his accomplice Asad hanged the body from a beam of his room to stage the murder as suicide.