A Naogaon court on Monday sentenced two people to life term imprisonment in two cases field for raping a madrasa student and a verbally-challenged woman in Porsha and Patnitala upazilas of Nagaon.

Naogaon Women and Children Repression and Prevention Tribunal-2 Judge Mehedi Hasan Talukdar also fined Tk 1 lakh each of the convicts, in default they will have to suffer six more months’ jail, said the court Special Public Prosecutor Mokbul Hossain.

The convicts are Happy Hossain, a resident of Gobrakuri area under Porsha upazila and Kazal Mali, of Kashipur village under Patnitala upazila of the district.

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According to the madrasa student’s case statement, Happy took the girl to a mango orchard on her way to the house of her maternal grandfather and raped her in Kashitara area under Porsha upazila on January 10, 2014.

Later her grandfather filed a case in this connection.

In another case statement, accused Mali raped the challenged woman after taking her to his house when she was working behind her house at the Kashipur village on March 27, 2020.

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Later, her husband lodged a case accusing Mali with the concerned police station.

After completing legal procedures, the court handed down the judgments in absence of Happy and presence of Mali, confirmed the PP.

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