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A tribunal in Cumilla on Wednesday (11 November) sentenced a man to death for murdering a Comilla University student and her mother at their home last year.
Cumilla Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Yeasin Arafat handed down the verdict, sentencing Mobarak Hossain, 29, to death and fining him Tk3 lakh.
Mobarak, son of Abdul Jalil of Kabilpur village in Debidwar upazila, worked as a khadem at Babus Salam Jam-e-Mosque in Cumilla city.
According to the prosecution, police recovered the bodies of Sumaiya Afrin Rinti, 24, a third-year student in the Public Administration Department of Comilla University, and her mother, Tahmina Begum Fatima, 50, from their home in the city’s Kaliajuri area on 8 September 2025.
Police arrested Mobarak in connection with the murders.
In his statement, Mobarak said he used to visit the family’s home to perform exorcisms. On the night of the killings, he attempted to sexually assault Sumaiya.
When her mother caught him, he strangled both women to death to prevent them from revealing the attempted assault, according to the prosecution.