A Chattogram court on Monday sentenced five people to death for killing a schoolgirl after rape in Sandwip in 2015.The convicts are—Mosharraf Hossain alias Prakash Liton, 25, Akbar Hossain, 28, Sumon, 30, Nurul Absar alias Swapan, 32 and Abul Bashar alias Bashar, 47. Of them, Bashar and Sumon tried in absentia.Chattogram Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Joynal Abedin handed down the sentence. Man detained over ‘stabbing’ wife, son to death in RajshahiThe court also fined Tk 20,000 each, in default, to suffer three months more in jail.The court also issued arrest warrants against the fugitive convicts.According to the prosecution, a class nine student of Rahampur High School in Sandwip upazila went to school on September 13, 2015 and did not return. She was found dead in a ditch adjacent to her house the following day. PD, 5 others sued over death of 2 workers at PUST,1 arrestedParvin Akter, mother of the victim, filed a case with Sandwip Police Station.Police submitted a chargesheet against the convicts on January 6, 2016.  

A man was sentenced life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Kishoreganj on Sunday. Kishoreganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 Judge Mohammad Habibullah pronounced the order. The court also imposed a Tk 1 lakh fine on the accused Riyad, 31. Read more: 6 sentenced to life in prison for 2010 murder of journalist According to the case complaint, on June 15, 2018, the accused raped a 16-year-old girl at Karimganj upazila. When the girl became pregnant, her mother filed a case against the accused at Karimganj police station. Special Public Prosecutor MA Afzal represented the state and advocate Abu Sayem Mazumdar appeared for the accused during the hearing.

A Chattogram court on Sunday sentenced two people to death and two others to life term imprisonment for killing a businessperson in 2016. Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court-4 Judge Shariful Bhuiya handed down the punishment. The condemned convicts are Kamal Hossain and Russel while the lifers are Surma Akter and Lilu Akter Ria. Of them, Lilu was tried in absentia. Also read: 350 sued over Thakurgaon UP polls violence that left infant dead According to the prosecution, Jalal Uddin Sagar, of Double Mooring area, was found dead, with his hands and legs tied up, from the north gate of CDA Residential area on October 20, 2016. Imaz Uddin lodged a complaint with Double Mooring Police. Police registered an FIR after getting the complaint. On May 28, 2017, police submitted chargesheet against four people. Also read: Regent's Shahed gets bail in Tk2.75 crore embezzlement case