Two to die for rape, murder of 11-yr-old
A Shariatpur court yesterday sentenced two people to death for raping and killing a third-grader in Shariatpur's Sakhipur area in July 2017.
The convicts are Md Farid Sheikh (42), and Md Jakir Sheikh (34).
Judge Abdus Salam Khan of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Shariatpur announced the judgement in presence of the accused, Firoz Ahmed, special public prosecutor of the tribunal, told The Daily Star.
The judge said the prosecution was able to prove the charges brought against the accused without any doubt, so they [accused] deserved the highest punishment for their "heinous offences".
According to the case statement, 11-year-old Liza Akter went to Shakhipur Government Primary School for playing on the morning of July 15, 2017.
Her neighbours Farid and Jakir took her to the house of one Alauddin Sheikh at Sakhipur Sardar Kandi village and raped her.
At one stage, the accused strangled her to death and dumped the body into a jute field at night.
On July 22 that year, police recovered the body being informed by locals.
The girl's father filed a case against Farid and Jakir in connection with the murder with Sakhipur Police Station on July 23. Police arrested the two the next day. They pressed charges against Farid and Jakir on January 16, 2018.
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