A Rangpur court today (Feb 9) sentenced a youth to death for murdering his teenage girlfriend after raping her and her teenage cousin sister in Madhya Ganeshpur area of the city two years ago.

The youth Mahfuzar Rahman Rifat, 22, was also fined Taka one-lakh.

At the same time, the court sentenced the death convict's accomplice Ariful Islam Arif, 27, to life term imprisonment and fined him Taka 20,000, or in default, to undergo more six-month in prison. 
 
Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 of Rangpur Mostafa Kamal passed the verdict in presence of the convicts.

After hearing the testimony of 23 witnesses, the judge announced the verdict this afternoon. 
 
Special Public Prosecutor of the tribunal Advocate Khandaker Rafiq Hasnine confirmed the matter.

On the night of September 17, 2020, Meem brought her cousin Mawa to stay in her bedroom in absence of her parents. 
 
Meem's lover Rifat went to her house that night following a love affair and had a physical relationship with her. 
 
Later, Rifat murdered Meem following a quarrel among them and hanged her body with a veil on the ceiling fan of her bedroom to divert the incident. 
 
Kotwali Thana police recovered the bodies of two sisters from the scene on September 18. The next day, Mawa's father Mominul Islam filed a murder case with Kotwali police station. 

After investigation, police submitted a charge sheet against Rifat and Arif before the court on April 30, 2021. 

BDST: 2128 HRS, FEB 09, 2023
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