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Man sentenced to life for 2012 rape of minor in Rajshahi
A Rajshahi court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Charghat upazila of the district around 10 years back.
Rajshahi Women and Children Repression and Prevention Tribunal-2 Judge Muhmmad Hasanuzzaman also fined the convict Tk 20,000, in default of which he will have to serve one more month imprisonment in jail, according to Syed Shamsunnahar, public prosecutor of the court.
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The convict is Ujjal Ali, 35, a resident of Purbo Kalabiparea village under Charghat upazila.
According to the case statement, the accused raped the class five-grader after taking her to a sugarcane field when the victim was returning home after providing her father food at a cropland on September 27, 2012.
The accused threatened to kill the victim if she disclosed the matter to anybody.
However, a woman whose identity has not been disclosed witnessed the crime and informed the victim’s parents.
The 5th-grader’s father filed a case under Women and Children Repression and Prevention Act against the accused on the following day.
Police pressed chargesheet accusing him while the court framed the chargesheet against him.
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After completing all procedures, the court handed down the judgment in the presence of the accused on Tuesday, the PP added.
2 sentenced to death in Cumilla for 2018 rape followed by murder
A tribunal in Cumilla on Tuesday sentenced two men to death for killing a 10-year-old girl after rape in Monohargonj upazila in 2018.
The death-row convicts are Bacchu Mia and Amir Hamza, residents of the upazila.
Cumilla Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Abdullah Al Mamun delivered the judgment.
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The court also fined the convicts Tk 1 lakh each.
According to the case, the minor girl was raped and hacked to death by the convicts in the upazila on March 5 in 2018.
Later, police recovered the body and sent it to Cumilla Medical College and Hospital for autopsy.
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A case was filed at Monohargonj police station in this regard.
On February 12 in 2019, a chargesheet against the convicts was submitted to the court.
6 get death sentence for raping teenage girl in Khulna
A tribunal in Khulna on Tuesday sentenced six men to death for raping a teenage girl in Sonadanga upazila in 2019.
The death-row convicts are Morshedul Islam Shanto alias Shanto Biswas, Sheikh Shahadat Hossain, Md Rabbi Hasan Parash, Md Mahmud Hasan Akash, Kazi Ariful Islam Pritam and Md Mim Hossain. Among them, Shanto, Shahadat and Pritam were tried in absentia.
Khulna Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 Judge Abdus Salam Khan delivered the judgment.
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The court fined the convicts Tk 20,000 each.
The court also sentenced four adolescents to eight years imprisonment each. One of them was sentenced to three more years more jail under the Anti-Pornography Act.
According to the case, Shanto raped the sixth grader girl after taking her to a rented house of another convict on June 29 in 2019. The others convicts videoed the crime and raped the girl in terms.
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On the following day, a case was filed against nine people at Sonadanga police station.
On November 13 of the same year, the investigation officer of the case and Sonadanga police station officer-in-charge (OC) Momtazul Hoque submitted a chargesheet against 10 convicts.
Unspeakable: Parents tied up before daughter gang-raped by vandals in Subarnachar
Miscreants allegedly gang raped a 14-year-old girl in Subarnachar upazila in Noakhali on Sunday night after tying up her parents.
The incident occurred around 11 pm at West Char Mazid area in the upazila, said police.
Girl’s parents said some 20 to 25 men attacked their house at night, vandalized and looted it.
They also beat them up and tied them outside the house, they said.
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Later two of them raped the girl while others assisted and after that she tried to commit suicide, said the girl’s parents.
Police officers from Char Jabbar police station rescued the family after getting a call on emergency helpline no 999 and admitted them to the upazila health complex, said Jaynal Abedin, Officer-in-Charge of Char Jabbar police station.
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A case has been filed in this regard and efforts are on to arrest the accused, said the OC.
The girl was taken to Noakhali General Hospital on Monday for a medical test and her sample has been collected, said Resident Medical Officer Syed Mahi Uddin Abdul Azim.
Man sentenced to life for raping minor girl in Kishoreganj
A man was sentenced life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Kishoreganj on Sunday.
Kishoreganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 Judge Mohammad Habibullah pronounced the order.
The court also imposed a Tk 1 lakh fine on the accused Riyad, 31.
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According to the case complaint, on June 15, 2018, the accused raped a 16-year-old girl at Karimganj upazila.
When the girl became pregnant, her mother filed a case against the accused at Karimganj police station.
Special Public Prosecutor MA Afzal represented the state and advocate Abu Sayem Mazumdar appeared for the accused during the hearing.
Demra police rescue woman, suspect she was raped
A 19-year-old woman was sedated and raped in Dhaka’s Demra area on Sunday night, police say.
Demra police said the woman came to visit her elder brother in Kadamtali area some 15 days ago.
On Sunday, she went to the Konapara fair in Demra and met a distant relative and his friend.
“The duo apparently mixed sedatives in soft drink which the young woman drank. Later, they took her to a nearby field where she was raped by multiple people,” Azharul Islam, a Sub-inspector of Demra Police Station, said.
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Md Shafiqur, Officer-in-Charge of Demra Police Station, said that after being informed by the woman about the incident, police rescued and admitted her to the One-Stop Crisis Center of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
“She is under treatment and unwell at the moment. We will take legal action after medical tests and once we get information from her,” he added.
6-year-old raped in Rajshahi, youth held
A six-year-old girl has been raped allegedly by a youth in Durgapur upazila of Rajshahi, said police.
Police also arrested Nadim Hossain, 22, on Sunday.
Nadim, who used to work in the rape survivor’s family’s cropland, raped the minor girl after finding her alone at her home Sunday noon, said Nazmul Hoque, officer-in-charge (OC) of Durgapur police station.
Hearing the scream of the girl, neighbours rushed to the spot and caught Nadim.
The girl was admitted to the One Stop Crisis (OCC) Center of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH), he added.
Police arrested the youth following a complaint lodged at the police sation, said the OC.
3 get life imprisonment for ‘gang rape’ of 2 girls in city
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for raping two teenage girls in the capital’s Kadamtali area two years ago.
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal -3 Judge AM Zulfikar Hayat pronounced the judgment.
The lifers are Sohel Bepari, 38, Rana Bepari, 32, and Akter Ali, 38.
The court also filed them Tk 1 lakh each and they have to serve six months more jail in case of failure to pay the fine.
The court acquitted another accused as charges brought against him could not be proved.
According to case statement, the victims and accused were tenants of the same building at Kadamtali area.
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On February 8, 2020, the accused forcefully entered the victims’ flat around 10 pm and raped them.
Later the two victims filed a case at Kadamtali police station. Police submitted a chargesheet in the case against four accused.
On September 15, 2021, the court began official trial in the case by framing charges against the accused.
7-year-old girl killed after ‘rape’ in Ctg
A seven-year-old girl was killed allegedly after rape in Port Colony area of Chattogram port city on Sunday morning.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Mahfuzur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bandar Police Station, said being informed by locals, they recovered the body from an abandoned house in the area around 11.30am.
The body was sent to Chattogram Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC said adding that the victim’s father is a rickshaw puller and mother is a begger.
A Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team visited the spot.
Madrasha teacher held for raping minor girl in Chattogram
A madrasha teacher was detained on charge of raping a seven-old-year girl in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram district on early Tuesday.
The detainee is identified as Md Hanif, 27, an Arabic teacher of Jamirul Ulum Islami Madrasha and son of Abul Kalam of Patachhara village in Ramgarh upazila of Khagrachhari district.
Locals said the victim, a second-grader of a government primary school in Guardpara village under Bhujpur Police Station of the Fatikchhari upazila, went to the accused for Arabic studies at the madrasha on Monday afternoon where he raped her in the absence of other students.
The victim shared the matter with her guardians after returning home.
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Motaher Hossain, a sub-inspector of Bhujpur Police Station, said the locals handed the accused over to Datmara Police Investigation Centre after catching from the madrasha around 2am.
The rape survivor was admitted to One-Stop-Crisis Centre of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for treatment, he adding that no case is yet to register in this connection