Man sentenced to death for killing woman and dismembering body

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Jagannathpur (Sunamganj) Correspondent : A court in Sunamganj has sentenced Jitesh Chandra Gop to death in the murder case of Shahnaz Parvin Jotsna, whose dismembered body was recovered from a pharmacy in Jagannathpur in 2022.

Sunamganj District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Habibullah delivered the verdict on Tuesday. Public Prosecutor Advocate Mallik Moin Uddin confirmed the verdict.

According to case records, Jotsna, the wife of an expatriate, went missing in Jagannathpur on February 16, 2022. The following day, police recovered six pieces of her body from inside a local pharmacy.

According to the case statement, Jotsna went missing after visiting a pharmacy in Jagannathpur. Her relatives later searched the premises and found her dismembered body.

Following the incident, her brother, Helal Ahmed, filed a murder case against Gop and several unidentified individuals.

After the investigation and trial, the court sentenced Gop, the prime accused, to death.