10 to die for rape, killing
A court yesterday gave 10 robbers capital punishment for raping and killing a schoolgirl in Laxmipur in 2012.
The Court of District and Sessions Judge Manjurul Basit handed down the sentence to Nur Nobi, Hedayet Ullah Hedu, Hiron, Saddam, Nur Alam, Sohel, Anwar Hossain, Manik, Rashed and Sumon.
Five of the convicts were present as the verdict was read out, while the rest were tried in absentia.
The court also asked the convicts to give Tk 1 lakh each to the victim's family.
Fifteen people were also acquitted, as the charges brought against them were not proved in the court.
According to the case statement, a gang of robbers swooped on the house of Krishna Lal Devnath at Dhutia village under Sadar upazila on July 18, 2012.
At one stage, the gang took the girl, a student of class VII, hostage at gunpoint and gang-raped her before fleeing the spot with the loot including gold and cash.
Relatives rushed the critically injured victim to Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital where on-duty doctors declared her dead.
Her father filed a case against unnamed robbers the next day. Police pressed charges against 25 people on May 15, 2013.
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