Woman to die for killing husband in Gazipur

Dhaka – A court here on Monday convicted a woman and sentenced her to death for killing her husband in 2015.The condemned convict was identified as Habiba Akter, 33, wife of Jakir Hossain of Shafipur area in Kaliakoir upazila in in Gazipur and daughter of Habibur Rahman Hawladar of Louhajang upazila in Munshiganj district.The court also fined her Tk 10,000,UNB News Agency Reported.According to the prosecution, Habiba slit the throat of her husband Jakir, 46, with a sharp weapon following a family feud while he was asleep at his house on May 18, 2015.Police arrested Habiba while fleeing with the help of local people on the day.Mobarak Hossain, brother of the victim, filed a case with Kaliakoir Police Station.After examining the records and witnesses District and Sessions Judge AKM Enamul Haq handed down the verdict.