KUSHTIA: A district court on Wednesday (August 23) awarded life term imprisonment to a man on charge of raping a nine-year-old girl in Kushtia.

The court also fined the convict Tk.10, 000.
 
Judge of the Additional District and Sessions Judge Court Alamgir Hasan delivered the verdict in presence of the convict.

The convict is Monirul Islam of Bajitpur Dariar Math area under Mirpur upazila in Kushtia. He is step father of the victim child.

On August 26 in 2016, Monirul raped the child in a garden. After rape, he fled away from the spot, leaving her alone.

Later, locals rescued the child and sent to a local hospital as they had found her bleeding.
 
The victim’s father filed a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.

BDST: 1703 HRS, AUG 23, 2017
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