Housewife raped on polling night in 2018: 10 sentenced to death, six get life sentences

Dhaka, Feb 6: On December 30, 2018, the court sentenced 10 accused to death in the case of gang-rape of a housewife (40) in Noakhali's Subarnachar, on the night of the 11th National Parliament elections. At the same time, each accused has been fined Tk 50,000. Apart from this, six other accused have been sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Tk 50,000. Imprisonment of two more years has been awarded in default.