Man to die for killing niece after rape
A court here yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his six-and-a-half-year-old niece after rape in Mymensingh Sadar upazila in 2015.
The convict was identified as Saiful Islam, 20, son of Abdul Aziz of Char Ishwardia village in the upazila.
Judge Mohammad Helal Uddin of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal also fined the convict Tk one lakh, said Court Inspector Najesh Ali Mia.
According to the case statement, deceased Sumaiya Akhter, daughter of day labourer Mohammad Siraj Mia, was alone at home as her father went out of the house in search of work around 10:00am on January 23, 2015.
Sumaiya's mother Marzina Khatun, who used to work as a domestic help in others houses, along with her four-year-old son Jobayer also left for her workplace in the town at the same time.
Around 4:00pm, Saiful, step brother of Siraj, entered the house and raped the minor girl when none of the family members were present.
He later strangled Sumaiya and hung the body from the ceiling of her room so that the incident looks like suicide.
After returning home around 5:00pm, Marzina spotted Sumaiya's hanging body and raise a hue and cry.
Hearing screams, villagers caught Saiful in suspicion and handed him over to police, who recovered the body and sent it to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
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