A Barguna tribunal on Wednesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing a madrasha student after rape in 2024.

Barguna Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Lailatul Ferdous handed down the punishment.

The condemned convict was identified as Hridoy Khan, 20, son of Shahidul Islam Khan of Islampur village in Amtoli upazila of the district.

The tribunal also fined him Tk two lakh, in default, to suffer six months more in rigorous imprisonment.

The tribunal also sentenced Zahidul Islam to five years jail for assisting Hridoy in the crime. The court also fined him Tk 50,000, in default, to suffer six months more in rigorous imprisonment.

According to the prosecution, a 12-year-old girl identified as Tanjila went missing on February 5, 2024 after she had gone out of her home to collect spinach from an adjacent field.

Finding the girl missing, her parents lodged a complaint with Amtoli Police Station on February 8, 2024.

Someone gave a message on the mobile phone of the plaintiff saying to provide Tk 15 lakh as ransom for release of the girl.

Later, police arrested Hridoy on February 7.

During interrogation, Hridoy said he abducted the girl for ransom and after failing to realise the money he violated her and strangled her to death.

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He also gave a confessional statement before the court on February 7, 2024.

Following the confessional statement, police recovered the body of the girl on February 8, 2024.