A court in Sylhet on Thursday sentenced a man to life in jail for killing his mother in Sylhet's Beanibazar upazila in 2018 .

The convict is Kamal Ahmed, son of late Tahir Ali alias Sundar Ali of the upazila.

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Sylhet Additional District and Sessions Judge-3 and Special Tribunal-4 Judge Md. Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan also fined the convict Tk 50,000, in default, he will have to serve six more months.

According to the case statement, on January 31, 2018, Kamal slaughtered his mother Saimun Bibi over a family feud.

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Later, Saim Uddin, son-in-law of the deceased, lodged a complaint against Kamal Ahmed.

Based on his complaint, a case was filed at Beanibazar Police Station against the accused.

The investigating officer submitted a chargesheet against the accused in the court after the investigation.