Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- A Mymensingh court has sentenced both members of a police couple to death for the murder of a fellow policeman over an extra-marital affair.

After a lengthy investigation and trial, Additional Sessions Judge Court Judge Harun-or Rashid delivered the verdict in the sensational murder case on Wednesday afternoon.

The two convicts are Constable Md Alauddin and his wife Constable Nasrin Neli. Alauddin hails from Jhalakathi's Nalchity.

According to the case dossier, Neli had an affair with fellow constable Saiful Islam in 2014, which led to the murder. In August that year, Neli and her husband Alauddin killed Saiful at a rented house in the Kanchijhuli area of Mymensingh.

After the murder, the couple tried to hide Saiful's...