KUSHTIA, Nov 01 (UNB): A tribunal in Kushtia sentenced a man on Sunday to life imprisonment for raping a woman in 2019.
The convict was identified as Mohammad Jewel, 32, son of Billal Hossain of Kumarkhali upazila in the district.
Judge Munshi Mohammad Mashier Rahman of Kushtia Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal also fined Jewel Tk 100,000. He will have to serve six more months' rigorous imprisonment if he fails to pay the fine.
According to the prosecution, the convict violated the wife of his neighbour when she went out of her house to respond to the call of nature on September 03, 2019.
The victim's husband filed a case at Kumarkhali Police Station.
One gets life in jail for rape
FE Team | Published: November 01, 2020 23:41:40
One gets life in jail for rape
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