Youth jailed for life in rape case

A court in Kurigram on Thursday sentenced a young man to life term imprisonment in a rape case.

The court also fined him Tk 30 thousand, in default, one year more rigorous imprisonment.

Kurigram district judge and also the justice of women and children repression tribunal, Md Sajedul Karim, handed down the verdict at about 2:30pm.

According to the prosecution, Zamat Ali of village Azmata under Nageswari upazila in Kurigram, raped a house wife at the same village at dead of night on September, 2006.   Zamat Ali went into hiding after the incident. The victim was divorced by her husband following the incident.

Later, the victim filed a case on January 3, 2007.

The public prosecutor advocate Abrahan Lincoln conducted the case on behalf of the state while advocate Siiddekur Rahman stood for the accused.

Source : New Age

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