Man to die for killing wife, child in Jhenaidah

A Jhenaidah court has sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and child in 2016 at Shailkupa upazila in the district.

Jhenaidah Additional Sessions Judge Second Court Judge Abdul Matin delivered the verdict on Monday (November 27) afternoon.

The condemned convict is Sujon Hossain, son of Bishe Hossain, resident of Doha-Nagirat village of the upazila.

According to the case statement, Sujon got married to Yasmin Khatun, daughter of Ahmad Biswas of Nondir Gati village of the upazila in 2010. They had a four-year-old son. Later, Sujon developed an extramarital affair with another woman. Then on February 18, 2016, the convict killed his wife and child in a char in the Padma river of Faridpur district.

Victim Yasmin’s mother Saleha Begum filed a murder case in the court on March 22, 2016 in this regard.

After long investigation, police submitted charge sheet against the accused to the court on January 31, 2017.