A Kishoreganj court has sentenced a father and his two family members to death for the murder of his daughter in an attempt to frame a rival in a land dispute in Karimganj Upazila of the district in 2016.
The convicts are victim’s father Anwarul Islam Angur, 73; Anwarul’s brother Khurshid Mia, 52; and his nephew Sadek Mia, 36.
Judge Muhammad Nurul Amin Biplob of the Senior District and Sessions Judge’s Court of Kishoreganj passed the verdict on Wednesday in absence of the convicts. The court also fined the convicts Tk 50,000 each.
The court also acquitted another accused Nazmunnahar, mother of the victim, as the charges brought against her were not proved.
According to the case documents, Anwarul, a resident of Bhatia Jahirkona in Karimganj, had a land dispute with Abu Bakar Siddique in the same area.
Anwarul, his brother, and nephew stabbed his daughter Mira Akhter Asma to death on August 10, 2016, and dumped the body behind their house to frame Abu Bakar.
The following day, Anwarul filed a murder case with Karimganj Police Station against Abu Bakar and 16 others.
But during the investigation, the police found Anwarul and the others in connection with the murder.