Two to die for murder

A court here yesterday sentenced a man and his second wife to death in absentia for killing his first wife five years ago. The convicts are Nurul Amin Boitha, 59, a farmer of Basor Alga village in Nakla upazila and his second wife Anjuman Ara Begum. According to the prosecution, Nurul Amin aided by his second wife beat up his first wife Hasna Banu over promised dowry leaving her injured on February 18, 2005. The injured was at first taken to Sadar hospital and later shifted to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital where she died the following day. Victim's brother Abdul Mannan later filed a case.