Rapist gets life term
In a verdict unprecedented in the country's history, a Feni court yesterday ordered that a child born out of rape will inherit part of the rapist's property.
It also sentenced the convict, Touhidul Alam alias Sohel, in absentia to life imprisonment and ordered him to pay Tk 1 lakh to his cousin he had raped 10 years ago.
Sohel, who is from Shibpur village of Feni Sadar, has been absconding since the case was filed against him and his three siblings, reports our Feni correspondent.
His jail term will begin from the date of his surrender or arrest, ruled Feni's Second Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Nilufar Sultana.
The court acquitted his siblings of the charges, said prosecution lawyer Farid Ahmed Hazari.
In August 2006, Sohel on many occasions raped his cousin, a class-VIII student back then. At one stage, she became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy in August 2007.
As the accused refused to marry her, the victim filed the case that year.
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