Man gets death for murdering wife in Bagerhat

Sharifa Akter Putul was killed three days after her marriage reception.

A court in the southern district of Bagerhat has awarded the death penalty to a man for murdering his wife.

Twenty one-year-old Sharifa Akter Putul was killed by her husband Shikder Mahmudul Alam in 2013 over a conjugal feud.

The court of Bagerhat’s District and Sessions Judge delivered the verdict on Wednesday in absence of the convict.

Prosecutor Sheikh Mohammad Ali said that on the night of May 13, three days after a reception for the couple’s marriage, Alam slit his wife’s throat following an argument between them.

The victim’s family filed a case against the husband the next day and charges were pressed against him in November the same year.

Alam has been absconding since the murder.