A court in Bagerhat sentenced three youths to life imprisonment for raping a girl in 2020 at Fakirhat Upazila of Bagerhat district.
The convicts are Md Mamun, son of Sher Ali of Jaria Mait Kamra village of Fakirhat Upazila, Md Feroz Nikari, son of Miraz Nikari of Chhota Khajura village and Ibrahim Biswas, son of Mujibur Biswas from Bhatt Baliaghat area.
Judge of Bagerhat Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 SM Saiful Islam on Sunday delivered the judgment.
At the same time, the court fined the convicts Tk 10,00,000, or in default, to undergo one more year in prison.
According to the prosecution, an NGO worker was forcibly raped and photographed in a rented house in 2020 by a few young men at Mait Kamra village of Fakirhat Upazila. The next day, the woman filed a case with Fakirhat Police Station mentioning the three names.
Inspector SM Ashraful Alam, Chief Coordinator of Bagerhat District Police Media Cell said that the court sentenced the accused to life imprisonment as the crime of rape and pornography was proven.
