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A Narayanganj court has sentenced a 51-year-old man to death for hacking his wife and teenage son to death in Fatullah in 2020. He was also fined Tk 50,000.
Narayanganj Senior District and Sessions Judge Abu Shamim Azad pronounced the verdict on Monday (October 26).
The convict, Mohammad Harez, is the son of late Abul Kashem and hails from Gulhari (Durgapur) village in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh. He lived as a tenant at Shah Alam’s house in the Bholail Gedda Bazar area of Fatullah, Narayanganj.
Court Police Inspector Md Abdus Samad confirmed the verdict to media.
According to court sources, Harez hacked his son, Sohag, 16, and wife, Monowara Begum, 35, to death on July 8, 2020, following a family dispute.
A murder case was filed with Fatullah Police Station over the killings. After examining the evidence and witness testimonies, the court delivered its verdict in the case.