A court in Jhenidah on Tuesday sentenced nine accused to life imprisonment for killing a housewife after gang rape at Sadar upazila in the district in 2011.
Jhenidah Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mizanur Rahman pronounced the verdict this afternoon.
The convicts are Rasul, Shariful, Amirul, Golam Rasul, Abdul Aziz, Azizur Rahman, Zahidul Islam, Badsha Mia and Baten. The court also fined them Tk 1 lakh each.
Bazlur Rahman, public prosecutor of the court, confirmed the matter.
Victim Renu Begum was the wife of Arab Ali, a resident of Bishkhali village.
According to the prosecution, the convicts picked up Renu Begum on March, 2011 from her house. Later, they raped her in a bush and killed her there.
A case was filed by the victim's husband with Jhenidah Sadar Police Station accusing 10 people. One of them died before the trial.
