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Man gets life term for raping girl in Kushtia
KUSHTIA, July 16, 2019 (BSS) – A court here today sentenced life-term
imprisonment to a man for raping a schoolgirl in Sadar upazila in 2017.
Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Munshi Md
Moshiar Rahman handed down the verdict to Jafirul Islam alias Palok, 30, a
resident at Bherakhali village in Harinakunda upazila of Jhenaidah district.
The court also fined him Taka one lakh.
According to the prosecution, on July 21, 2017 Jafirul abducted the 12-
year- old schoolgirl from her village in the evening and raped her in a
banana orchard overnight.
The girl’s family members found her senseless in the next morning.
Victim’s father filed a case with Islamic University Thana following the
incident.
Police submitted charge sheet against Jafirul on December 12 of the same
year.
BSS/CORR/PI/RY/1705 hrs