A tribunal on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to life imprisonment for violating his daughter-in-law in 2020.

The court also fined Tk one lakh to the convict identified as Khalil of Mirpur area of the capital, in default, to suffer six months more in rigorous imprisonment.

Dhaka Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal-8 Judge Mafroza Parveen handed down the judgment.

According to the prosecution, the convict Khalil violated his daughter-in-law when she was asleep at her house in Mirpur on February 19, 2020.

The woman lodged a complaint against her father-in-law with Mirpur Model Police.

Sub-inspector of Mirpur Model Police Station and also the investigating officer of the case, Khandaker Manjur Rahi, submitted chargesheet against him on February 1, 2022.