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Nine sentenced to life imprisonment for raping and killing woman in Jhenaidah

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 27 Sep 2022, 08:17 pm

Dhaka, September 27: The court has sentenced 9 people to life imprisonment in connection with the gang-rape and murder of a housewife in Jhenaidah. At the same time each was fined one lakh taka. Judge Mizanur Rahman of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal announced the verdict at around 12 noon on Tuesday (September 27).

The convicts are Rasul, Shariful Islam, Amirul Islam, Gholam Rasul, Abdul Aziz, Azizur Rahman, Zahidul Islam, Badsha Mia and Baten of the district headquarters. Among them, Shariful and Amirul Islam are absconding.

According to the judgment copy, in March 2011, some people took Renu Begum, wife of Arab Ali of Biyakhali village of Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila and took her to the neighboring bamboo plantation and raped her overnight. Later they killed the woman and ran away. The husband of the victim filed a case at the police station accusing 16 people of the murder. After a long hearing of the case, the court gave its verdict today.

Arab Ali, the plaintiff in the case and the victim's husband, said that they killed my wife in 2011 after raping her. The accused were sentenced to life imprisonment. After a long time, he was happy to get justice for the murder of his wife.

Advocate Bazlur Rahman, Public Prosecutor (PP) of the Women and Child Torture Prevention Tribunal told Jago News that 10 people were sentenced to life imprisonment but one died and was acquitted. At the same time, the judge directed the law and order forces to arrest the absconding accused. If they are arrested, the sentence will be effective from that day.