Four Lakshmipur men get death penalty in 2014 rape case

A Lakshmipur court has sentenced four men to death in a 2014 case of rape on a housewife in the district. 

Lakshmipur Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 29 March 2017, 11:22 AM
Updated : 29 March 2017, 11:22 AM

District and Session Judge AKM Abul Kashem delivered the verdict with the accused on the dock on Wednesday. 

The four accused – Sana Ullah, 37, Abul Kashem Majhi, 32, ‘Harun’, 32 and Md Rahim, 27 – have also been slapped with a fine of Tk 20,000 each.

Prosecutor Abul Bashar said the victim was gang raped on the night of Dec 22, 2014 at Kamalnagar Upazila. She regained consciousness after spending five days in hospital. 

Six days into the incident, the victim’s husband started the case at Kamalnagar Police Station accusing five people.

Police pressed charges against them on May 31, 2015. 

One of the accused has been acquitted in the case, said advocate Bashar.