Published : 09 Apr 2026, 09:59 PM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 03:34 PM
A Dhaka court has sentenced five people to imprisonment until death and two minors to 10 years in prison for “maiming” a 7-year-old child in order to “force them into beggary” in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar area in 2010.
Judge Munshi Md Moshiar Rahman of the Dhaka's Women and Children's Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict on Thursday.
Salahuddin, Shariful Islam alias Korban Mia, Khandaker Omar Faruk, Md Ramzan and Saddam were sentenced to imprisonment until death.
The same judge also tried the defendants under the age of 18.
The court's bench assistant Rashedul Islam said each of the five defendants sentenced to imprisonment until death has been fined Tk 500,000, with one year in prison if in default of payment.
In addition, two minor defendants have been fined Tk 10,000 each. In default of payment, they will also get another year in prison.
The Dhaka District Magistrate has been ordered to sell the moveable/immoveable property of the accused sentenced to imprisonment until death at a public auction, for the money to be collected, and given to the victim or his family.
The court acquitted two other suspects named Kausar and Najma Akhtar as the charges against them were not proven.
Among the suspects, Korban, Kausar and Najma were present at the tribunal when the verdict was announced. After the verdict, an arrest warrant was issued for Korban and he was taken to prison.
According to the case details, on the afternoon of Sept 6, 2010, the two minor suspects, on the orders of other accused, kidnapped a 7-year-old child from Kamrangirchar and took him to an abandoned house next to the embankment of Pakapool Road.
They cut off the child's penis to engage him in begging. In addition, they hit him on the neck, chest and stomach with a sharp weapon and smashed him with a brick, crushing one side of his head.
When he did not return home at 10pm, his mother started searching for him. Hearing his mother's screams, the boy started calling out loudly from the abandoned house. Later, he was rescued from there.
A case of attempt to murder was initially filed over the incident. Later, the child's father filed a complaint with the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal. The tribunal ordered the Kamrangirchar Police Station to take the complaint into consideration.
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) took over the investigation of the case from the police station. After an investigation, RAB-1 Assistant Superintendent of Police Mohammad Abdul Baten submitted a charge sheet against seven people and conviction sheets against two minors on May 15, 2011.
The chargesheet states that the accused mutilated the child in such a way as to make him beg.
Later, the trial of the accused began following the framing of charges. During the trial, the court heard the testimonies of 20 people.
After hearing arguments from both sides, the tribunal found seven people guilty on Thursday.
