BANGLADESH: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH, FOUR JAILED OVER RAPE OF COLLEGE STUDENT IN NATORE

A Natore court on April 5, 2023 sentenced six people to death and four others to life in prison in a case over the gang-rape of a college student after abduction in the district’s Singra Upazila.
The verdict was delivered by Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Abdur Rahim.
The death-row convicts are Sabbir Ahmed, Rezaunul alias Rabbi, Nazmul Haque, Rajibul Hasan, Ripon and Shahidul Islam. They have been fined Tk 100,000 each.
The convicts who received life imprisonment are Monirul Islam, Khairul Islam, Ataul Islam alias Ataur and Rezaul Karim. They have also been fined Tk 100,000 each.
Another man, Nasir Hossain, was acquitted of charges in the case.
According to the prosecution, Sabbir Ahmed was in a relationship with a college student of Chandai village in Baraigram upazila of the district. On October 19, 2012, Sabbir took the girl to Kalam Mirzapur village. Later, he along with his friends raped the girl near Mirzapur Eidgah field.
The locals rescued the girl a day later and handed the criminals over to the police. The victim’s father filed a case against 11 people at Singra Police Station over the incident.