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Azam Reza to die for killing wife

Court Correspondent
A Dhaka court yesterday in Jayanti Reza murder trial found Azam Reza guilty and sentenced him to death for killing his wife, an architect and a teacher of English-medium school, on January 8 last year.
Judge AR Masud of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 handed down the sentence in presence of the convict Azam Reza at a jam-packed courtroom.
Azam Reza, the lone accused in the case, was produced before the court at 1 l:00am.The judge took his seat at 11:45am and read out the highlights of the 3J-page judgment
in lOminutcs.
Reza, 50, a vice-president ofDhaka Bank, looked cheerful until the court pronounced the death sentence.
The convict can appeal to the High Court (HO against the judgment within 30 days, the judge said.
Jayanti's mother Lusil Sadekin, sister Sathi and Sathi's husband Mahbubur were in the court during thedeliveryofthcjudgment.
On hearing the judgment, Lusil Sadekin broke down in tears and told reporters that she knows that she is never going to get back her daughter but now she would at least find some solace in the justice. ®iejlaty^far
Earlier. the prosecution and the defence completed arguments and the court recorded statements of 13 out of 20 prosecution witnesses.
Special Public Prosecutor Aminul Islam yesterday expressed his satisfaction over the judgment. He told The Daily Star that Azam Reza's sister television actress Shampa Reza and fas girl friend were accused of damaging the evidence of the murder. But the investigation officer of die case Allegedly dropped their names from the charge sheet. The SPP said he, however, had no jurisdiction to bring (hem into trial though the allegations were under section 201 (destruction fafalamat) ofthe Penal Code.
’ According to law, when one's wife gets killed at his own residence, he Will have to explain the killing. But fatam Reza in this case not only failed to do so but he attempted to project his wife's death as an unnatural death.
i , Azam Reza's father Ahmed Reza, faother Mrs Reza and sister Shampa Reza were present in the court but they did not comment on the judg-ment.They said they would appeal to iheHCagainstit.
' In his judgment, the judge said 4zam Reza, whose first wife is para-Ksed, contracted a marriage with Jpyanti Munshi three and a half years back. But Reza’s extra-marital affair With TV actress Afsana Mimi soon {hrew his relationship with Jayanti in jeopardy. Jayanti could nevercome to terms with her husband's affair with Mimi, the court mentioned.
' As the marital difficulties got Exacerbated Reza started to torture Jayanti both physically and mentally. He considered her an obstacle to his affair with Afsana Mimi, said the judge adding the accused of the gruesome killing of Jayanti does not
deserve any mercy.
Police recovered the body of Jayanti, a teacher of Australian International School, hanging from the ceiling fan in their Banani house on January 9 last year. Jayanti's mother Lusil Sadekin filed a General Diary (GD) with Gulshan Police Station. In the GD, she mentioned that Azam murdered his wife with the intent to have Mimi as his life partner. Jayanti's mother later filed a case accusing Azam Reza, his sister Shampa Reza and Afsana Mimi of killingher daughter.
Ilie Detective Branch (DB) on March 30 last year indicted Azam Reza for murdering Jayanti Munshi alias Jayanti Reza, while dropped the names of Shampa Reza and Afsana Mimi from the charge sheet on the grounds that there was not enough evidence against the two.
Investigation Officer (IO) DB Inspector Ruhul Quddus submitted die charge sheet to the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Dhaka 82 days after the incident.
Ruhul Quddus said in the charge sheet that primary investigation based on the first information report (FIR), statements of 20 witnesses and the post-mortem report found Azam Reza guilty.
The IO quoting the post-mortem report said cerebral failure resulted from head injury caused the death, which was homicidal in nature.
The court framed charge against Reza on August 16 last year and the trial of the case began on September 16 the same year with the deposition of Lusil Sadekin, the complainant of the case.
Advocates Khan Saifur Rahman and Abu Hanif appeared for the accused while Advocate Ruhul Amin appeared forthestate.