A tribunal in Khulna on Monday sentenced a youth to 10 years' imprisonment in a case filed under the ICT Act for raping a college student and circulating a video and image of the act on the internet.
The convict Zahidul Islam, 18, is son of Ziad Ali Sheikh of Komarpur area under Debhata upazila of Khulna district.
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The tribunal also fined him Tk 1 lakh -- in default of which, he has to serve three months more in prison.
Khulna Divisional Cyber Tribunal Judge Kanika Biswas handed down the judgement in the presence of the accused.
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According to the prosecution, Zahidul took the girl to a house in Debhata upazila on January 30, 2013, and violated her. He recorded the act and later circulated the video on the internet.
On July 29 that year, a case was filed at Debhata police station, following a complaint lodged by the victim's mother. The investigating officer, SI Azizul, filed the charge sheet in court on October 31 of the same year.
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