A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced two people to death for killing a man and dismembering his body into ten pieces in Keraniganj in 2018.
Judge of the Dhaka Additional District and Sessions Judge court-5 Israt Zahan Munni, handed down the punishment with fine of Tk 10,000 each.
The condemned convicts are Maksuda Akter Lucky and her brother-in-law Salauddin. Both of them were tried in absentia.
The court also issued arrest warrant against them.
According to the prosecution, police recovered the body parts of Mafizur Rahman from Beuta graveyard in Keraniganj on January 1, 2018 and police filed case with Keraniganj Police station.
Police arrested Lucky and Salauddin for their suspected involvement in the murder. Later, they gave a confessional statement admitting their guilt.
An illicit relationship developed between Mafizur, a gold trader and also herbal medical practitioner (Kabiraj), and Lucky.
When the matter was revealed in the village, Lucky along with her brother-in-law Saluddin made a plot to kill Mafizur.
On December 31, 2017, Lucky invited Mafizur to her home where he got unconscious by taking foods mixed with sedatives.
Later, they killed him and cut his body into ten pieces and dumped it in different places.
On September 21, 2017, police submitted chargehseet against them.
