A Tangail court on Tuesday sentenced two people to life imprisonment for violating a 13-year-old girl in 2022.
The convicts are Sagar Ahmed, 21, son of Aslam and Ahmed Nabil, 21, son of Abu Syed of Sakhipur upazila in Tangail district.
Tangail Woman and Child Repression Tribunal Judge Mahbubur Rahman handed down the punishment.
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According to the prosecution, Sagar developed a love affair with the girl, a resident of Basarchala in Sakhipur upazila.
On June 29, 2022, Sagar called the girl to meet him at a place at Basarchala village over phone.
When the girl appeared there, Sagar and Nabil took her to an abandoned place and violated her in turns.
On July 2, father of the girl filed a case against Sagar, Nabil and Farhad Hossain and police submitted chargesheet against them on February 28, 2023.
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After examining records and witnesses, the court acquitted Farhad as allegations brought against them could not be proved.