4 to die for murdering housewife in Chandpur

Four men have been awarded death penalty for murdering a housewife in Chandpur’s Matlab South Upazila in 2013.

The convicts were identified as Zia, Kamal, Abul Bashar and Mahmud.

Chandpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Jannatul Ferdous Chowdhury delivered the verdict on Tuesday.

A woman named Rahima was killed at Rasulpur village in the upazila on May 20, 2013, according to Sayedul Islam Babu, a public prosecutor at the court.

A case was filed over the death two days later.

That September, police completed their investigation and filed charges in the case.