A court has sentenced a man named Alamgir Hossain to rigorous life imprisonment for raping a five-year-old child in Lalmonirhat. He was also fined one lakh taka, with an additional six months of rigorous imprisonment in default. Judge Nityananda Sarkar of the Lalmonirhat Child Violence Suppression Tribunal delivered the verdict on Tuesday (October 27) afternoon.
According to court sources, the incident took place on July 18, 2018, in the Dakshin Shiberkuti area of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila. The perpetrator lured the child to his house with the promise of chocolate and raped her. Following the incident, the victim was admitted to the Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital in critical condition, and the victim's father, Md. Anwar Hossain, filed a case at the police station.
After a long judicial process and the testimony of 11 witnesses, the court found the accused guilty under the relevant section of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. Expressing satisfaction with the verdict, state counsel Advocate Lutfor Rahman stated that they have received justice and that such rulings will help reduce crime trends in society.
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