Three youths jailed for life in rape case
A Barguna court on Monday sentenced three youths to life imprisonment in connection with a case for raping a garment worker in 2007.
The lifers are Hasib, 25, son of Anser Ali, Idris Ali, 24, son of Hayat Ali, and Hayder Ali, 25, son of Sona Mia. They all hail from Manikkhali village in Pathorghata upazila.
Barguna Women and Children Repression Tribunal Judge Mohammad Hafizur Rahman also fined one of the convicts Hasib Tk 20,000, in default, he is to suffer one month more in jail, Advocate Mostafizur Rahman Babul said.
According to the prosecution, Hasib developed a relationship with the neighbouring 17-year-old girl, then a garment worker in Chattogram, over cell phone.
On July 10 in 2007, Idris and Hayder called the girl out of her home saying that they would arrange her marriage with Hasib and took her to an isolated place.
Later, Hasib with the help of his two cohorts raped the girl there.
On July 15, five days after the incident, the victim filed a case with Barguna Women and Children Repression Tribunal accusing the three.
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