Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced a man to death for the murder of his wife over a demand for dowry in 2016.

Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Munshi Md Moshiar Rahman delivered the verdict in the case on Thursday.

The death row convict, Sohel Rana, is absconding. He has also been fined Tk 100,000 by the court.

However, his mother Shiuli Begum and aunt Majeda Begum have been acquitted as their involvement in the crime could not be proven.

Ershad Alam, a prosecutor at the court, said that the judge also instructed the Dhaka District Magistrate to sell the convict's movable and immovable assets to pay the fine to the victim' family.

An arrest warrant has also been issued against Sohel as he is abs...