BTCL official gets death for murdering wife, two children

A Dhaka court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced Rakib Uddin Ahmed, junior assistant manager of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) to death in a case lodged over the murder of his wife and two children in 2020.

The court also fined him Tk 50 thousand or to suffer five-month more behind bars in default.

Dhaka 7th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Tehsin Iftekhar pronounced the judgment in presence of the convict and later sent him to jail with the conviction warrant.

Police recovered the bodies of Rakib's wife Munni Begum, 37, son Farhan Uddin, 12, and daughter Laiba Rahman, 3, from his Dakkhin Khan, Prem Bagan flat on February 14, 2020. Munni's brother Munna Rahman filed the case against Rakib with Dakkhin Khan Police Station.

Investigation officer and detective branch (DB) inspector Mizanur Rahman on February 28, 2021, filed a charge sheet against Rakib Uddin Ahmed. The court on Tuesday came up with the judgment after examining 11 witnesses on different hearing dates.