One gets life term for rape in Kushtia
Published : 25 Feb 2019, 15:24
A court here on Monday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment in a rape case in Mirpur upazila in 2015.
The convict is Md Nantu. The court also fined him Tk 50,000.
According to the prosecution,victim Rehena Begum and Nantu were tenants of a house owned by Shafayet Hossain at Chitholia village in the upazila.
Nantu used to disturb Rehena and gave her bad proposal several times.
Being denied by Rehena, Nantu forcibly entered her room on March 30, 2015 and violated her and also hit her severely.
Hearing Rehena’s scream, locals rushed in and took Rehena to Kushtia General Hospital where Rehena died after five months.
On March 31, 2015, the house owner filed a rape case with Mirpur Police Station against Nantu.
After examining all the records and witnesses, Woman and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Munshi Md Moshiar Rahman handed down the verdict.
Source: unb