Gazipur: A court in Gazipur on Monday convicted a woman and sentenced her to death for killing her husband in 2015, reports UNB.

The condemned convict is Habiba Akter, 33, wife of Jakir Hossain of Shafipur area in Kaliakoir upazila and daughter of Habibur Rahman Hawladar of Louhajang upazila in Munshiganj.

The court also fined her Tk 10,000.

According to the prosecution, Habiba slit the throat of her husband Jakir, 46, with a sharp weapon following a family feud while he was asleep at his house on 18 May 2015.

Police arrested Habiba, while fleeing, with the help of local people on the day.

Mobarak Hossain, brother of the victim, filed a case with Kaliakoir police station.

After examining the records and witnesses District and Sessions Judge AKM Enamul Haq handed down the verdict.