Dhaka, May 29 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced a woman and her brother-in-law to death for the murder of trader Mofizur Rahman, whose body was dismembered into 10 pieces and dumped in parts of Keraniganj.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Israt Jahan Munni delivered the verdict on Thursday.

The convicts are Maksuda Akter Lucky and her brother-in-law Salauddin, identified by a single name. The court has also fined each of them Tk 10,000.

The two have been absconding since 2023 after being released on bail. As they remain fugitives, the court has issued arrest warrants alongside their sentencing orders.

On Jan 1, 2018, police recovered a dismembered torso-lacking hands, feet, and head-from a ditch outside the mass grave site in Keran...