Staff Reporter:
A Dhaka court yesterday convicted three men and sentenced them to life term in jail in a case filed over the gang-rape of a 13-year-old girl in Kamrangirchar area of the capital.
Dhaka Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Munshi Md Mashier Rahman handed down the punishment.
The lifers are- Mohon, son of Jamal Uddin of Dhunat upazila of Bogura district, Sabbir, son of Mizan of Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj district and Russel, son of Abul Kalam of Shariatpur district.
The court also fined them Tk one lakh each, in default, to suffer one year more in rigorous imprison-ment.
According to the prosecution, five people took the girl to an under-construction building in Hasan Nagar of Kamrangirchar area on June 17, 2020 and violated the girl in turns.
A case was filed in this connection.
Police submitted chargesheet against five people and of them two juveniles went into hiding.
