A Dhaka court Sunday sentenced to death the lone accused in Eden College student Mohsina Rabbani Menuka killing case.
Judge of Dhaka-4 Speedy Trial Tribunal M Rezaul Islam delivered the verdict against accused Tariquzzaman Kabir in a case filed by victim's father Lutfe Rabbani in July 2010.
A student of honours in Bangla in Eden College, Menuka was killed at their house at Paikpara of Mirpur in the city on July 25 last year after she rejected the marriage proposal of Kabir.
Kabir was apprehended from the spot and he later made a confessional statement in the court.
The police recovered bloodstained dagger from Kabir after the killing. The investigation officer submitted the charge-sheet against Kabir on September 27.
The court recorded depositions of 16 witnesses, out of 21, in the case.
Kabir was the bother-in-law of Menuka's aunt. He planned to kill Menuka as she rejected his marriage proposal.
SM Rafiqul Islam conducted the case on behalf of the state.
Source : New Age
