A tribunal in Cumilla on Wednesday sentenced Mobarak Hossain to death and imposed financial penalties for murdering Cumilla University student Sumaiya Afrin Rinthi and her mother, Tahmina Begum.
Judge Md Yasin Arafat of Cumilla Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 delivered the verdict at noon. Sumaiya, a 2021-22 batch public administration student, was killed along with her mother on September 7, 2025, at their rented home in Cumilla city’s Kaliyajuri neighborhood.
Assistant Public Prosecutor Advocate Abdul Motaleb said the trial wrapped up in two months and 15 days, hearing 13 prosecution witnesses before concluding testimony on October 12 and arguments on October 27. Alongside the death penalty, the court imposed fines of Tk 200,000 for Sumaiya’s murder and Tk 100,000 for killing her mother. “Today’s verdict establishes a message that no one is above the law,” Motaleb said, urging swift execution of the sentence.
Sumaiya’s brother, Md Tajul Islam, attended the hearing with her classmates and welcomed the judgment. “I have received justice. Now I want to see this verdict carried out quickly so such crimes are never repeated, and I hope the High Court upholds it,” he said.
Police recovered the two bodies on September 8, 2025, prompting the family to file a murder case at Kotwali Model Police Station. Following his arrest, Mobarak gave a confessional statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure on September 9, 2025. Investigators said he had grown acquainted with the family through faith-healing visits over roughly a month before he raped Sumaiya and killed her mother when she witnessed the assault.
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