Five to die for killing child after abduction in Joypurhat

JOYPURHAT, Oct 12 (UNB): A Joypurhat tribunal on Monday sentenced five people to death for killing a two and a half years old girl after abduction in 2015.

The convicts are-- Uttam Kumar, Biresh Chandra, Santosh Kumar of RashidpurMolan village and Mostafizur and Obaidul of Bindhara village in the upazila.

Joypurhat Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mohammad Rustom Ali handed down the verdict.

The court also sentenced the convicts to life term imprisonment in the case and fined UttamTk 0.5 million and other convicts Tk 0.3 million each.

According to the prosecution, Aradha Rani, daughter of Paresh Chandra of RashidpurMolan village in Panchbibiupazila, had gone missing on December 22, 2015.

Later, the girl's body was recovered from a pond on December 25.

Victim's father Paresh Chandra filed a case with Panchbibi Police Station.