Husband to suffer 7 yrs RI for torturing wife
Published : 28 Sep 2016, 13:49
A husband has been sentenced to suffer seven years rigorous imprisonment by a court here on Tuesday for torturing his wife.
The convict identified as Sohrab Hossain, 45, of Mohangonj village under Bagmara Upazila of the district.
The court also fined him Taka 25,000.
The prosecution story, in brief, is that Sohrab Ali used to torture his wife Jharna Begum, 40, for dowry of Taka two lakh frequently and as continuation of the repression he mercilessly beaten her on January 31, 2015.
The victim had lodged a case with the concerned police station. On completion of investigation, police pressed charges against her husband.
After examining recorded depositions of the enlisted prosecution witnesses and relevant evidence Judge-2 of Special Tribunal for Prevention of Repression Against Women and Children KM Shaheed Ahmed found the convict guilty and pronounced the verdict in a crowded courtroom around 4.30pm yesterday.
Source: BSS
- Social media leads to anxiety, fear in young
- Stop hair fall with essential vitamins
- Unidentified girl dies at DMCH, 12 days after rescue in senseless state
- Tahsan, Mithila announce their divorce
- Students clash with cops at Shahbagh demanding exam dates
- Bangladeshi gets 11 years’ jail for raping tourist in Singapore
- 5 members of ‘rapist gang’ held in city
- 20 July Deaths
- 20 July Births
- Tahsan, Mithila announce their divorce
- Maryam Mirzakhani, only woman to take math's highest award, dies at 40
- Sirisena-Hasina bilateral talks on
- Why women are watching rough porn
- Breastfeeding linked to reduced risk of multiple sclerosis
- 4 ‘militants’ surrender in Ashulia
- Bangabandhu Satellite to be launched in Dec: Tarana Hailm
- '50% women face unwanted touching at markets'
- Cricketer Sunny indicted in dowry case, arrest warrant issued
