Two women get life for murder

A court here yesterday sentenced two women to life term for killing a minor girl at Chadgaon village in Pirganj upazila in 2014.

The lifers are Mazeda Khatun, 45, wife of late Tarabuddin and her stepbrother Bhuban Ali's wife Tahmina Begum, 42, of the village.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Md Haydar Ali delivered the verdict in the crowded court room in presence of the convicts.

The court also fined them Tk 10,000 each. In default, they are to suffer another three months in jail.

According to the prosecution, Mazeda strangled Nadira, 5, daughter of neighbour Abdul Quddus with the help of Tahmina over a piece of disputed land on April 17 in 2014.

Later, the victim's father filed a murder case with Pirganj Police Station.