5 get life term for gang-raping 2 sisters in N’ganj

Staff Correspondent, Narayanganj: A tribunal sentenced five people to life imprisonment for gang-raping two sisters at Mongolerga village in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj in 2010.

The tribunal also fined the convicts Tk 1 lakh each.

Judge Mohammad Shahin Uddin of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict on Tuesday afternoon.

The convicts are Shah Alam, son of late Hazrat Ali, Khokon, Emdad and Iqbal, sons of Abdul Khaleque, and Zia, son of Habibullah of the same village.

Convicted Shah Alam was present at the court in time of announcing the verdict while the others remained absconding.

According to the prosecution, two sisters hailing from Lalmonirhat district came to visit their paternal uncle’s house at Mongolera on May 28, 2010. The culprits violated the two sisters there in turns.

Later, a case was filed with Sonargaon Police Station accusing six people over the incident.

The court handed down the verdict after examining the witnesses and evidence.


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