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| 4 get life for throwing acid on housewife |
| 2010-01-30 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A Habiganj court awarded life imprisonment to four persons on Thursday for throwing acid on a housewife over land disputes. Somebody looked up "boiling in oil" and found it's unconstitutional. The convicts are Sazid Miah, Yakub Miah, Nahid Miah and Farid Miah. Of them, Farid is hiding. Oh, brave Farid! District and Sessions Judge Mahbub Ul Alam passed the judgement. The prosecution in the case said the accused were locked in a land dispute with Parvin Akhtar, wife of Tota Miah, at Paikura in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj on January 31, 2007. On February 1, 2007, the accused broke into Parvin's house and threw acid on her around 2:30am. The victim's son Ful Miah filed a case with Chunarughat Police Station the same day and accordingly police submitted charge sheet against the accused. The judge during the trial recorded testimony of 13 prosecution witnesses. |
| Posted by:Fred |