Who was Sweety Akhtar, the Bangladeshi cleaner executed in Saudi Arabia?
- Sweety Akhtar, a cleaner from Tangail in Bangladesh, was executed by Saudi Arabia on 14 October.
- Her first marriage, while she was in Class 8, broke down, and her second husband later left her.
- Saudi authorities said she was executed for “immoral acts” inside a mosque in Mecca, where she worked.
- Saudi Arabia gave no detail of the acts; a consular note cited an adultery allegation her family denies.
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