Dhaka: A Dhaka court on Tuesday convicted a woman and sentenced her to death in a case filed in connection with the Dhanmondi double murder in 2019. Judge of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan and Session Judge Court-7, Tauhida Akter, handed down the punishment.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the convict, Surovi Akter, was the domestic help of the deceased Afroza Begum. The court also fined her Tk 50,000, with a default penalty of five months of rigorous imprisonment.
The court acquitted Bachhu Mia, a worker of the house, as allegations against him could not be proved. Police recovered the bodies of Afroza Begum, 65, and her housemaid Diti, 18, from a house at Lobelia House in the Dhanmondi area of the capital on November 1, 2019.
A case was filed with Dhanmondi Police Station on November 3, 2019. Police submitted a chargesheet against Surovi and Bachhu Mia on February 1, 2022.