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VERDICT-RANGPUR
Man gets life term for raping schoolgirl in Rangpur
RANGPUR, Apr 16, 2019 (BSS) – A court here today sentenced one person to life term
rigorous imprisonment for raping a schoolgirl.
Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 Md Rokunuzzaman
handed down the sentence in a crowded courtroom in presence of the convict.
The court simultaneously fined the convict Taka one-lakh and ordered to pay the
amount to the victim.
According to the prosecution convicted Zakirul Islam Milon, son of Ansar Ali of
village Pathanpara in Ramnathpur union of Badarganj upazila in Rangpur district
violated the girl on July 4, 2005.
The convict tactfully called a schoolgirl, daughter of his neighbour to his house in
the village on July 4, 2005, ‘requesting’ her to take care of his ailing mother
suffering from fever.
A family member of the victim filed a rape case against Zakirul in this connection
with the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 of Rangpur after nine days
of the incident.
After examining 15 witnesses of the case during the long hearing period, the court
found Zakirul guilty and pronounced the verdict today.
Talking to local reporters, Special Public Prosecutor of the Women and Children
Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 of Rangpur Advocate Jahangir Hossain Tuhin expressed
satisfaction over the verdict.
Senior lawyers Advocate Rashid Chowdhury and Advocate Emdadul Haque defended the
accused side and did not make any comment on the verdict.
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