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One to die for killing wife

26 August 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Dinajpur

A court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife. Convict Motiur Rahman Moti, 29, is son of Shahidul Islam of New Town under Sadar upazila. Md Shamsul Huda, judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Act Court handed down the verdict in a crowded court. According to the prosecution story, Motiur set his wife Asma Begum on fire on August 29, 2007 for failing to meet his dowry demand. Asma died 12 days after the incident. Victim's elder brother Anisur Rahman later filed a case with Dinajpur police station.