, Oct. 29 -- A court in Chuadanga on Wednesday sentenced Shukur Ali to death for the murder of his wife, Laily Sultana Kumkum.

Shukur Ali's father, Asan Mallik, and mother, Saheda Khatun, were acquitted in the same case.

The verdict was delivered by Judge Syed Habibul Islam of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal (District and Sessions Judge) at a midday hearing.

Shukur Ali, a resident of Enayetpur Schoolpara in Alamdanga upazila, is currently fugitive, said Public Prosecutor Advocate Maruf Sarwar Babu.

According to case details, Kumkum was beaten to death on 27 November 2014 at her husband's residence in Enayetpur over dowry demands.

Following the incident, her father, Samsul Zowarder of Pardurgapur, Alamdanga, file...