Seven jailed for life in Kishoreganj housewife murder case, four acquitted

A court in Kishoreganj has sentenced seven people to life imprisonment in the murder case of housewife Jyotsna Begum in Karimganj upazila, fining each of them Tk 100,000. Judge Md Zahir Uddin of Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-1, Kishoreganj, delivered the verdict on Tuesday (November 10).

The convicts are Robi (37), Manjil (65), Shahid (55), Mahbub (35), Aminul (30), Ziauddin (55) and Sahabuddin (60).

Four other accused — Abul Kalam, Sufia Akter, Koli Akter and Nurunnahar — were acquitted as the charges against them could not be proved.

Md Mizanur Rahman, public prosecutor of the Kishoreganj District Judge Court, confirmed the verdict.

According to the case statement, Jyotsna Begum (30), wife of Habibur Rahman of Gujadia Jatiapara village in Karimganj upazila, was killed in an attack by neighbours on February 18, 2016, following a trivial incident.

That evening, Koli Akter, wife of Robi of Jatiapara village, was cooking on a clay stove. Smoke from the stove drifted into the neighbouring house of Habibur Rahman, sparking an argument between the two families.

During the argument, Jyotsna Begum and her relatives were attacked, leaving several people injured. Jyotsna was taken to the 250-bed general hospital in Kishoreganj in critical condition.

A murder case was filed over the incident. The trial continued for nearly a decade before the court delivered its verdict on Tuesday.

Along with life imprisonment, the court fined each of the seven convicts Tk 100,000. Four accused were acquitted as the charges against them were not proved.

The case was tried at the Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-1 in Kishoreganj.