Four get life in Habiganj

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
A court in Habiganj town on Thursday afternoon sentenced four people to life term imprisonment for hurling acid on a housewife. The convicts are: Sazid Miah, Yakub Miah, Nahid Miah and Farid Miah (absconding). The district and sessions judge of Habiganj, Mahbub Ul Alam passed the judgement. Prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused on January 31, 2007, locked in a dispute with Parveen Akhter, wife of Tota Miah, over an approach road at their Paikura village in Chunarughat upazila. The accused later on February 1 entered the house of Parveen by breaking open the doors and hurled acid on her at about 2:30 am injuring her seriously. Victim's son Ful Miah filed a case with the Chunarughat police station the next day.