Jashore: A court here today sentenced a youth to life term imprisonment for raping a girl in Abhaynagar upazila of the district in 2020. The court also fined convict Shamim Hasan, son of Shahidul Islam of Basuari Purbapara of the upazila, Taka 50,000. Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 Md. Golam Kabir pronounced the verdict this afternoon.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, on August 18, 2020, Shamim called his cousin to his house, promising to give her a video song. At one point, he locked up the girl and raped her in the house. The girl, after returning home, told the matter to her sister and father. Her father filed a case against Shamim with Abhaynagar Police Station on the same day.
Public prosecutor Abdul Latif Lata said the police filed the charge sheet in November 2021. Later, the judge, after examining evidence, found the convict guilty and handed down the punishment.