Man sentenced to death for killing Comilla University student, her mother

A court in Cumilla on Wednesday sentenced a man to death and fined him Tk3 lakh for killing Comilla University student Sumaiya Afrin and her mother Tahmina Begum.

Judge Yasir Arafat of the Cumilla Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal pronounced the verdict, said state prosecutor Abdul Motaleb Majumder.

Meanwhile, an angry mob attacked and beat the convict Mobarak Hossain, 29, as he was being taken out of the courtroom after the verdict.

According to the case statement, police recovered the bodies of Sumaiya, a student of Comilla University, and her mother Tahmina Begum from their rented house in the Kalijuri area of the city on 8 September 2025.

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Following the incident, Md Tajul Islam, Tahmina Begum's elder son, filed a case with Cumilla Kotwali Model Police Station.

Police later arrested Mobarak, who gave a confessional statement before the court, admitting his involvement in the killings.

Case documents said Mobarak was a teacher at a madrasa in the Balutopa area of Cumilla Sadar upazila. He also visited people's homes to perform exorcisms and traditional healing practices.

According to the case documents, Mobarak raped Sumaiya before killing her. He also suffocated her mother with a pillow after she witnessed the incident.