Man gets life term for rape
A Correspondent :
A tribunal in Chattogram on Tuesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a girl six years ago.
The convict is Nazrul Islam, 35, from Mirsarai upazila.
Chattogram Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 Judge Mutahir Ali passed the verdict after the court found him guilty beyond doubt, said Adv MA Naser, public prosecutor of the tribunal.
Naser said the tribunal additionally fined the convict Tk 50,000 and also sentenced him to 10 more years of imprisonment for provoking the girl to commit suicide after rape.
Apart from that, the tribunal acquitted five other accused as the charge brought against them were not proven, said Naser.
The prosecutor said after the verdict, the court sent the convict to jail.
According to the case statement, on February 5, 2013, Nazrul, a farm owner, raped Rozina Akhter, 17, domestic help of one Rabiul Hossen, at his farm. The girl took her life the same night at Rabiul’s house.
After the incident, police filed an unnatural death case while the rape incident came to light after autopsy.
A court framed charges against six after police pressed the charges on October 21, 2014.
A tribunal in Chattogram on Tuesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a girl six years ago.
The convict is Nazrul Islam, 35, from Mirsarai upazila.
Chattogram Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 Judge Mutahir Ali passed the verdict after the court found him guilty beyond doubt, said Adv MA Naser, public prosecutor of the tribunal.
Naser said the tribunal additionally fined the convict Tk 50,000 and also sentenced him to 10 more years of imprisonment for provoking the girl to commit suicide after rape.
Apart from that, the tribunal acquitted five other accused as the charge brought against them were not proven, said Naser.
The prosecutor said after the verdict, the court sent the convict to jail.
According to the case statement, on February 5, 2013, Nazrul, a farm owner, raped Rozina Akhter, 17, domestic help of one Rabiul Hossen, at his farm. The girl took her life the same night at Rabiul’s house.
After the incident, police filed an unnatural death case while the rape incident came to light after autopsy.
A court framed charges against six after police pressed the charges on October 21, 2014.