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RAPE-MURDER-VERDICT
Two get life-term jail for murdering after rape in Tangail
TANGAIL, March 12, 2020 (BSS) – A court here today sentenced two people to
life-term imprisonment for murdering a woman after rape in Kalihati upazila
in 2016.
Judge of Tangail Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Khaleda
Yasmin handed down the verdict to Nur Mohammod Nuru, 65, a resident at
Kalihati upazila and Najma, 32, an inhabitant in Bashail upazila of the
district.
The court also fined them Taka 1 lakh each.
According to the prosecution, the victim Asha, 17, went missing from
Enayetpur in Tangail town on October 18 in 2016. Following her missing Asha’s
father Abdul Alim filed a case accusing unidentified persons with Kalihati
Thana. Investigative Officer of the case arrested Najma, who helped Nuru
raping and killing, after mobile phone tracking. Police later arrested Nuru
Mohammod according to her confessional statement.
Najma and Nuru said to the police they kidnapped Asha from Enayetpur and
brought her to a beel (water body) at Dhangara village in Kalihati upazila.
Nuru rapped Asha with the help of Najma two times before strangled her to
death. Police pressed the charge sheet on May 31,2017.
BSS/CORR/PI/RY/1815 hrs