DHAKA, Feb 24, 2022 (BSS) - A special court here today sentenced four
people to death including husband of the victim in a case lodged over the
murder of Jakia Mallik in Bedgram, Gopalganj.
The four convicts are- Jakia's husband Morshedayan Nishan, his brother
Ehsan Shushan, brother-in-law Mohammad Hasan Sheikh and manager Anisur
Rahman.
Judge Md Jakir Hossain of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 pronounced the
judgment as the court found them guilty of all the charges framed against
them.
Shushan, Hasan Sheikh and Anisur Rahman were produced before the court
for the pronouncement of the judgment and were sent to jail after that with
conviction warrant.
Morshedayan Nishan was tried in absentia as he is still on the run after
getting out on bail, and the tribunal issued arrest warrant against him,
prosecutor Abu Abdullah told BSS.
Jakia was mercilessly beaten by her husband Morshedayan Nishan and her
in-laws for dowry at their house on Silna Road, Bedgram in Gopalganj on
February 5, 2016. Acting on a tip-off, police rushed to the place and rescued
Jakia and admitted her at Gopalganj Sadar Hospital. She succumbed to her
injuries there.
Police arrested Nishan, his brother Ehsan Shushan, brother-in-law
Mohammad Hasan Sheikh and manager Anisur Rahman in this connection.
Police on June 9, 2016, filed a charge-sheet in the case and the
tribunal on September 7, 2016, framed charges against the four accused. A
total of 20 witnesses were examined by the court on different hearing dates.
