Man jailed for killing wife

UNB, Sylhet
A court here on Sunday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing his wife. Convict Bashir Mia, 45, was also fined Tk 10,000, in default to suffer two more years in jail. According to the prosecution, Bashir Mia of Umairgaon village in Sadar upazila chopped his wife Kamala Begum to death following a family feud on December 5, 2008. Victim's brother Maulana Shoaibur Rahman filed a case with the police. After examining the records and witnesses District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Momin Ullah handed down the verdict in the crowded courtroom.