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BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHILD AFTER RAPE
September 25, 2023: A court in Narayanganj on September 25, 2023 sentenced a man to death on the charge of killing a child after rape at Araihazar upazila in 2021.
Narayanganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Nazmul Haque Shyamol handed down the verdict before the convict in the afternoon.
The convict is Naimur Rahman, hails from Barguna district.
He used to live in a rented house in the area.
The court fined him Tk 1 lakh.
In another charge, the court awarded him five years imprisonment (Rigorous) and fined Tk 20,000.
Advocate Rakibuddin Ahmed Rakin, public prosecutor of the court, confirmed the matter.
According to the prosecution, Naimur raped the six-year-old child on September 23, 2021, after tempting her for ice-cream and chocolates. After that, he killed her. (Source: Observer, 25/09/2023)
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