A court in Pabna on Sunday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife at Chatmohar upazila in the district in 2013.
Pabna Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mizanur Rahman handed down the verdict around 11:30 am.
The convict is Sifat Ali, a resident of Dhulauri area in the upazila. The court also fined him Tk 50,000.
Three other accused were acquitted as the allegations brought against them were not proven.
According to the prosecution, Sifat along with his family members strangled his wife Nasima Khatun to death on September 26 in 2013 over dowry.
A case was filed by the victim's father with Chatmohar Police Station accusing five people.
One of the accused died before the trial.
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