Justice served after 10 years
A woman yesterday finally got justice, 10 long years after her rape and enforced abortion.
A Rangpur court sentenced the lone accused man to life-term imprisonment for rape and jailed him 10 more years and fined Tk 1 lakh for forced abortion, court sources said.
Judge Rokonuzzaman of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 delivered the judgement in a crowded courtroom in absence of convict Mosfekur Rahman (34), said Jahangir Alam, public prosecutor of the court. The victim was a tenth grader during the incident.
According to prosecution, Mosfekur Rahman, a neighbour of the victim, raped girl several times "with promise to marry". She was last raped on February 5, 2010.
When she became pregnant, she asked him to marry her, but he refused. Moreover, he forced her to abort the baby, said police.
Afterwards, elder brother of the girl filed the case with Badarganj Police Station accusing Mosfekur Rahman on May 22, 2010.
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