A Barishal court sentenced three people to life imprisonment for killing a nine-year-old girl after rape in 2016.
The convicts are—Based Khan, 48, son of Abdul Aziz and Shahrier Shakil Khan, 27, son of Matier Rahman of Uttar Sagardi in Barishal city while another was an adolescent.
Based was tried in absentia.
Barishal Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Yarab Hossain handed down the punishment.
The court also fined them Tk 50,000 each, in default, to suffer six months more in rigorous imprisonment.
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According to the prosecution, Tonny, daughter of Tulu Palwan of Nobogram area in the city had gone out to call her father at Zia Road upon the request of her mother Sumi Akter and went missing on September 18, 2016.
Later, she was found dead at a waterbody adjacent to their house on the following day.
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Tulu Palwan filed a case in this connection and police detained Shakil and the adolescent boy for interrogation. They also gave confessional statements admitting their guilt before the court.
Police submitted chargesheet against the trio on June 22, 2017.
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