5 get death sentence for killing woman after rape in Shariatpur

SHARIATPUR, Jan 16 (BSS): A court here on Tuesday sentenced five persons to death for killing a woman after gang rape in Damudya upazila of the district in 2019.
Judge of Shariatpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunals Sohel Ahmed pronounced the verdict.
The condemned convicts are - Nizam Bali, 45, Mohammad Ali, 35, Omar Faruk Bepari, 24, Al Amin Bepari, 20, and Ibrahim Molla, 21, residents of Dakshin Shitalakathi area under Damudya upazila of the district.
The court also fined them Taka 1,00,000 each.
Two of them were present in the court. They were sent to the district jail on the order of the court. Three more accused are absconding.