Murder of Sharmin Rima

The Sharmin murder case was a widely publicized criminal case in Bangladesh centered on the killing of Sharmin Rima, the wife of wealthy industrialist Munir Hussain, four months after their marriage. According to the Wikipedia account of the case, Munir killed Sharmin on the night of 8/9 April 1989, an act described as the culmination of a long-running affair he was having with a married woman, Hosne Ara Khuku.

Both victim and perpetrator came from prominent Bangladeshi families. Munir was the son of Dr. Meherunnessa, described as a renowned physician. Sharmin was the daughter of journalist Nizamuddin Ahmed, who had been killed during the Bangladesh Liberation War by the Al-Badr paramilitary group.

Munir killed Sharmin along the Chittagong-Dhaka highway and subsequently dumped her body near Mijmizi village in Narayanganj District. He was arrested the day after the killing. The case attracted extensive press coverage during both the investigation and the ensuing trial, with the source noting that new revelations generated dramatic headlines over a period of several months.

The trial concluded on 21 May 1990, with both Munir Hussain and Hosne Ara Khuku found guilty and sentenced to death. Two years later, in July 1992, an appellate court overturned Khuku's conviction and acquitted her of all charges. Munir's death sentence, by contrast, was upheld through several rounds of legal appeals and mercy petitions. He was ultimately hanged on 27 July 1993.

This dossier is based on a single detailed narrative source (Wikipedia) describing the case's background, the killing, the trial, and its judicial aftermath. Two additional references—BBC News and newsfeed.charpoka.org—are cited by the underlying Wikipedia article as contemporaneous coverage but their text was not available for independent verification of facts in this dossier; they are included here as corroborating references only, per the sourcing instructions provided.