6 get double life- term for abduction, rape

BSS, Chittagong :
A Chittagong court on Tuesday awarded double rigorous imprisonments for life term to six persons on charges of abduction and rape to two women at North Koroldanga village under Boalkhali upazila of the district in 2006.
The judge of Chittagong Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 M Rezaul Karim pronounced the verdict convicting Nezam Uddin, Kamal Uddin, Jahangir alias Jan-e-Alam, Moulana Nijam Uddin and Sumon of Anwara upazila of the district. The court also fined a total of Taka eight lakh to the accused in the same verdict and ordered to give the money to the victims within six months.
Court sources said the convicts abducted and raped the victims– two cousins– while they were returning to their rented house from West Gomdandi area of Boalkhali upazila around 9.30 pm on May 15, 2006.
A band of five miscreants who came by tempo intercepted their rickshaws on Arakan road and raped them after taking them to an abandoned house.
Later, the following day, one of the victims filed a case under Chittagong Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal.
Police submitted chargesheet on August 15, 2006 while the court framed charges on June 26, 2007.
The court today after examining a total of eight, out of 16, prosecution witnesses found them guilty.