CT Online Desk:
A court in Habiganj on Tuesday
sentenced two youths to life term imprisonment over gang rape of a girl and her
mother at Chunarughat upazila in the district on 2020.
Habiganj Women and Children
Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 Judge Md Jahidul Haque pronounced the verdict
on Tuesday afternoon.
The court also fined them both
Tk 1, 00,000 each. The convicted are Shakil Ahmed 22, and Salah Uddin 24, both
are residents of Jibdharchara village under Ranigaon union of the upazila.
Another accused of the case, Harun Mia will be tried in another court as he is
underage.
According to the case
statement, the convicted two along with another Harun Mia, forcibly violated a
girl and her mother at around 8pm on October 2, 2020, and fled away.
Later, the victim filed a case
with Chunarughat Police Station accusing three persons.
On June 20, 2022, the
investigation officer of the case pressed a charge-sheet before the court
against them. After hearing 10 witnesses the court delivered the verdict in
presence of the convicted.
