A Narayanganj court on Tuesday sentenced four people to death and another to life imprisonment for killing a schoolgirl after rape in 2005 in Fatulla.
The death row convicts are Kamrul Hasan, Rabiul, Ali Akbar and Shukkur Ali. The lifer is Doli Begum.
Among them, Rabiul and Doli were tried in absentia.
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Nazmul Hoque Shyamal delivered the judgment.
The court also acquitted Nasrin Aktar.
According to the case, the four death row convicts raped the sixth grader in a cropland in Laxminagar area of Fatulla after abducting her on June 3 in 2005. Doli and Nasrin assisted them in killing of the girl after rape.
Later, police recovered the body from the spot and a case was filed in this regard. In 2006, a chargesheet was submitted to the court against the convicts.
Source: United News of Bangladesh