Chuadanga: A court here today sentenced a youth to life imprisonment in a rape case under Sadar upazila in 2024. The court also fined convict Khairul Islam, 24, son of Sirajul Islam of Buzrukgari Madrasapara in Chuadanga municipality, Taka 50,000. Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Syed Habibul Islam announced the verdict in the presence of the convict on Sunday afternoon, said Public Prosecutor (PP) of the court MM Shahjahan Mukul.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the prosecution detailed that on the night of September 9, 2024, the convict forcibly raped a seventh-grade student at a mango orchard in the town’s Sumirdia area. Following the incident, the victim’s father filed a case with Chuadanga Sadar Police Station.
Sub-Inspector (SI) Jagadish Chandra Basu of Chuadanga Sadar Police Station investigated the case and submitted a charge-sheet to the court on November 20, 2024, identifying Khairul Islam as the sole accused. Earlier, Khairul provided a confessional statement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code to Judge Md. Touhidul Islam of the Judicial Magistrate First Court of Chuadanga.