A Correspondent:
Cumilla: A tribunal in Cumilla on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing a Comilla University student and her mother last year.
Cumilla Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Yeasin Arafat handed down the punishment.
The convict is Mobarak Hossain, 29, son of Abdul Jalil of Kabilpur village in Debidwar upazila of the district. He used to work as a Khadem of Babus Salam Jam-e-Mosque in Cumilla city.
The tribunal also fined him Tk 3 lakh.
According to the prosecution, police recovered the bodies of Sumaiya Afrin Rinti, 24, a 3rd year student of the Public Administration Department of Comilla University and her mother Tahmina Begum Fatima, 50, wife of Nurul Islam from their house in Kaliajuri of Cumilla city on September 8, 2025.
Police arrested Mobarak in this connection.
In his statement, Mobarak said he used to visit Sumaiya’s house to perform exorcisms. On the night of the incident, he attempted to sexually assault the girl.
When Sumaiya’s mother caught him in the act, he strangled both Sumaiya and her mother to death to prevent them from exposing what he had done.
