bdnews24.com (Septemer 08, 2016) : Rangpur court has awarded the death penalty to the father and stepmother for the 2007 murder of a 7-year-old girl.
The district and sessions judge's court on Thursday delivered the verdict, but the convicted couple were not present as they are absconding.
Abu Taher, 32 and his seco
nd wife 20-year-old Laboni Begum have been convicted for the murder of Tazmina Khatun.
Public Prosecutor Faruq Mohammad Reyazul Karim said the 7-year-old was strangled to death on Dec 13, 2007 at Taher's home in Pirganj Upazila.
The child's uncle started a case with the local police the next day accusing Taher and Laboni.
Police pressed charges against the two in April 2008.
Following his arrest, Taher had confessed in court to committing the murder, but he fled after release on bail while Begum had been absconding since the murder, said the prosecutor.
