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A Chattogram court has sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for killing her husband 16 years ago following a domestic dispute.
The court of Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge-11 in Chattogram, presided over by Judge Nishkriti Hagidok, delivered the verdict on Monday.
The convict, Hosne Ara Begum, is the wife of the late Helal Uddin, who lived in the Jhautala area of Lawlian under Kotwali Police Station in the city.
According to the case details, a quarrel broke out between the couple at their rented home in Jafar Sowdagar Colony on Batali Road in the Enayet Bazar area around 1am on May 9, 2009.
At one stage, Hosne Ara struck her husband on the head with a weapon. After his death, she locked the house from outside and went into hiding, according to the case records.
Later that day, police recovered Helal Uddin’s body from the house after receiving information. Officers found injury marks on his face, right leg and head. The body was sent to Chattogram Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.
Then-sub-inspector Md Shahabuddin Khan of Kotwali Police Station filed the murder case. Following an investigation, police submitted a charge sheet, and the court framed charges on March 14, 2010, to begin the trial.
Court bench assistant Omar Fuad told media that the prosecution proved the murder charge through the testimony of eight witnesses.
Besides the life sentence, the court fined Hosne Ara Tk10,000, with an additional two months of simple imprisonment if she fails to pay.
The accused was present in court when the verdict was delivered and was sent to jail under a sentencing warrant.