Man to die in Joypurhat for killing wife, son

A court in Joypurhat on Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and son in Khetlal upazila of the district in 2005.

District Additional and Sessions Judge Md Abbas Uddin handed down the verdict to Rezaul Karim alias Bhadu, hailed from Hapania Nayapara village under Khetlal upazila.

The court also fined Tk 10,000 to the convict and acquitted two others

accused in the verdict, said Public Prosecutor (PP) Advocate Nipendranath Mondol.

According to the prosecution story, in brief, convict Rezaul Karim hacked his wife Angury Begum and five-year-old son to death over a part of a plot at his house on April 18 in 2005.