A Dinajpur court on Monday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for violating a five-year-old girl in 2016.
Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Sharif Uddin Ahmed handed down the verdict.
Saiful Islam, 46 of Parbatipur upazila has also been slapped with a fine k 20,000, in default, to suffer six months more in jail with hard labour.
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The court acquitted co-accused Afzal Hossain Kabiraj as allegations brought against him could not be proved.
According to the prosecution, the five-year-old girl of Jamirhat Takeyapara in Parbatipur upazila was raped by the convict on October 18, 2016.
Local people rescued the girl from a turmeric field the following day in a critical condition as she was left there suspecting her to be dead.
She was first taken to a local hospital and then shifted to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital. Later, the doctors shifted her to Dhaka for better treatment.
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Police arrested Saiful and his associate Afzal in this connection, two days after the crime.
In 2017, sub-inspector Abu Syed also the investigative officer of the case submitted chargesheet against the duo.