A Bagerhat court on Sunday delivered the verdict of life imprisonment to 3 youths for raping a girl in 2020 at Fakirhat Upazila of district, reports UNB.
The convicts are Md. Mamun, son of Sher Ali of Jaria Mait Kamra village of Fakirhat Upazila, Md Feroz Nikari, son of Miraz Nikari of Chhota Khajura village and Ibrahim Biswas, son of Mujibur Biswas from Bhatt Baliaghat of Bagherhat.
Judge of Bagerhat Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 SM Saiful Islam Sunday delivered the judgment.
At the same time, the court fined the convicts Tk 10, 00,000, or in default, to undergo one more year in prison.
According to prosecution, an NGO worker was forcibly raped and photographed in a rented house in 2020 by a few young men at Mait Kamra village of Fakirhat Upazila. The next day, the woman filed a case with Fakirhat Police Station mentioning the three names.
Inspector SM Ashraful Alam, Chief Coordinator of Bagerhat District Police Media Cell said that the court sentenced the accused to life imprisonment as the crime of rape and pornography was proved.
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