A district court has sentenced death penalty to a person for killing his sister-in-law and two nephews at Hossainpur in Kishoreganj.
The convict is Burhan Uddin, 43, son of late Sadar Ali of Namsidla village under Hossainpur upazila.
Kishoreganj District and Sessions Judge AMM Sayeed pronounced the verdict on Thursday afternoon.
According to the prosecution, Burhan mercilessly killed his younger brother Faruk Mia's wife, Nazma Akter and her two sons, Shahjahan and Liman by a locally made arm on August 1, 2013.
He killed them after he was released on bail from life term rigorous imprisonment for killing his elder brother, Suhrab Uddin.
Later, in the following day of the murders, Burhan's younger brother, Faruk Mia filed a murder case in connection with the Hossainpur police station.
