Dihan indicted in schoolgirl rape, murder case
February 17, 2022 00:00:00
A Dhaka court has opened the trial of Iftekhar Fardin Dihan over the rape and murder of a schoolgirl who was his friend, reports bdnews24.com.
Zulfikar Hayat, acting judge of the Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 indicted Dihan on Wednesday and scheduled Mar 16 for the next hearing.
The 18-year-old Dihan pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out to him.
His lawyer Md Borhan Uddin petitioned for his acquittal.
"They had consensual sex and the girl was not forced. The accused should be acquitted," he said.
