Three to die for raping girl in Feni

The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Feni on Thursday sentenced three people to death for raping a girl in front of her mother 19 years ago.

The tribunal also fined the convicts Tk 2 lakh each. The convicts are-Abul Kashem, son of Fakir Ahmed, Md Latu, son of Abdur Rashid and Jahangir Alam, son of Abul Kalam from Nababpur union under Feni’s Fulgazi.

Mohammad Faruk, another accused in the case, was acquitted by the court as charges against him could not be proved. Public Prosecutor Farid Ahmed Hazari said that all the convicts except Faruk were tried in absentia. According to the case statement, Abul Kashem, Latu, Jahangir Alam and Mohammad Faruk abducted the victim and her mother on the night of May 13, 2003. Later, they raped the girl keeping her mother at gunpoint.