A tribunal in Feni on Sunday sentenced two men to life imprisonment and another to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for the rape of a woman and her mother in Daganbhuiyan in 2018.
Judge ANM Morshed Khan of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict, sentencing absconding prime accused Saiful Islam and Nipu Kumar Das to life imprisonment, along with a Tk 100,000 fine each. Md Azad was sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and fined Tk 50,000.
According to the prosecution, the three accused entered the victims' house on the night of August 8, 2018. Saiful Islam raped the woman, while Nipu Kumar Das raped her mother after taking her outside the house with Azad, who assisted in the crime.
The case was filed with Daganbhuiyan Police Station on August 11, 2018. After examining seven prosecution witnesses, the tribunal found the charges proved beyond reasonable doubt, said Public Prosecutor Advocate Sahab Uddin Ahmed.
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