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Husband sentenced to death for killing wife

Staff Correspondent
A Tribunal yesterday handed down death penalty to a man for killing his wife.
Judge Sheikh Jahangir Hossain of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-2, Dhaka, found SM Kamruzzaman Faruq guilty of killing his wife Kamrunnahar Lila.
Convict Faruq can appeal to the High Court against the verdict in a week.
The judge pronounced the 27-
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page verdict in the crowded courtroom in presence of the lone accused amid beefed up security.
The judge was apparently charged with emotion when he handed down the verdict of capital punishment, but Faruq looked composed in the dock.
Faruq murdered his wife Kamrunnahar Lila before their son Swapnil, who was then two and a half years old by slitting her throat with a sharp knife at their fifth floor residence at House No. 6, Road No. 11, Nikunja-2 in Badda on July 21, 2002.
Sheikh Moniruzaman Mintu, brother of the victim, filed a case with the Badda Police Station on the same day accusing his brotherin-law Faruq. Police submitted the charge sheet on November 4, 2002 and the charge against Faruq was framed on March 20, 2003.
Lila and Faruq had fallen in love and got married on March 26, 1994.
"The thought of uncertainty looming on the fate of the boy could not refrain him from killing his (boy's) mother," the judge said in a choked voice. "So, there was no scope for any leniency towards the accused."
Faruq tried to hide the evidences of the crime. He also alleged that Lila's brother killed his sister to grab his (Faruq's) property.
The judge mentioned that there was no eyewitness to the crime excepting the two and a half years old Swapnil, but circumstantial evidences proved beyond doubt that Faruq killed his wife.
Twenty-four prosecution witnesses, out of 27, were crossexamined and the verdict was delivered in 87 working days.
Special Public Prosecutor Mohammad Mayeen Uddin moved for the state and Advocate Nazrul Islam for the accused.
Lila's elder brother Lutfar Rahman broke into tears hearing the judgement.
He expressed satisfaction over the verdict and demanded its immediate execution .
Lutfar also expressed his gratitude to the government for setting up the speedy trial tribunal that "ensures trial in the shortest possible time".
Special Public Prosecutor Mohammad Mayeen Uddin said the landmark judgement would help prevent recurrence of such crimes.