5 get death sentence for killing woman after rape in ShariatpurSHARIATPUR, Jan 16, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today sentenced five persons to death for killing a woman after gang rape in Damudya upazila of the district in 2019. Judge of Shariatpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunals Md Sohel Ahmed pronounced the verdict this afternoon. The condemned convicts are - Nizam Bali, 45, Mohammad Ali, 35, Omar Faruk Bepari, 24, Al Amin Bepari, 20, and Ibrahim Molla, 21, residents of Dakshin Shitalakathi area under Damudya upazila of the district. On April 21, police recovered her body from an abandoned pond in Baro Naogaon area, 10 kilometers from her house. The day after the incident, the victim's younger brother Lal Miah Sardar filed a murder case in the Shariatpur court naming 13 people and 2/3 others as unknown accused.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 16, 2024 17:30 UTC