Two get life for rape in Lalmonirhat
A court here on Tuesday sentenced two people to life imprisonment in a rape case filed in 2012.
The lifers are Shyamol Chandra, 30, son of Jitendra Nath Roy and his uncle Debendra Nath, 46, son of Dharoni Kanto of Chandonpat village in Aditmari upazila.
Acting Judge of the District and Session Judge Court Siddiqul Arefin Chowdhury also fined them TK 50,000 each. In default, they have to suffer another six months in jail.
According to the prosecution, Shyamol raped a 10-year-old girl at his house on April 29 in 2012.
Hearing the hue and cry, locals rushed to the spot and caught Shyamol red handed but his uncle Debendra Nath snatch away him from the mob.
On May 1 the same year, a case was filed under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
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