A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced two domestic helps to death for the gruesome killing of former principal of Eden Mohila College Mahfuza Chowdhury Parvin.
Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman of Speedy Trial Tribunal 1 announced the verdict in presence of the convicts.
They convicted were Rita Akter alias Swapna, 22, and Mosammat Ruma alias Reshma, 25.
After the verdict, the tribunal sent them to jail with conviction warrants.
Earlier on September 30, the court set October 4 for delivering its judgement after completion of arguments of both sides -- the prosecution and the defence.
Police recovered the body of Parvin from her Sukanya Tower flat at Elephant Road in the city on February 10 last year.
The victim's husband, Ismat Quadir Gama, vice chairman of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad, filed a murder case with New Market police station against three people, including the housemaids.
Later, police arrested all the accused. Of them, Swapna and Reshma confessed to killing the former teacher.
New Market police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Alamgir Hossain Mazumder, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted a charge sheet against the duo before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on July 21 last year.
Another accused, Runu Begum, was dropped from the charge sheet as police did not find her involvement in the murder.
The e tribunal framed charges against the two accused February 9 in 2019.
A total of 27 out of 34 prosecution witnesses were testified before the court in the case.
