Staff Reporter:
A Dhaka court on Tuesday convicted a woman and sentenced her to death in a case filed in connection with the Dhanmondi double murder in 2019.
Judge of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan and Session Judge Court-7, Tauhida Akter handed down the punishment.
The convict is Surovi Akter, domestic help of deceased Afroza Begum.
The court also fined her Tk 50,000, in default to suffer five-months more in rigorous imprisonment.
The court also acquitted Bachhu Mia, a worker of the house, as allegations brought against him could not be proved.
According to the prosecution, police recovered the bodies of Afroza Begum, 65 and her housemaid Diti, 18 from a house at Lobelia House in Dhanmondi area of the capital on November 1, 2019.
A case was filed with Dhanmondi Police Station on November 3, 2019.
Police submitted chargesheet against Surovi and Bachhu Mia on February 1, 2022.
