FE ONLINE DESK | Published: October 18, 2022 14:25:21 | Updated: October 18, 2022 16:58:28
A court has handed down the death penalty to four men and sentenced another to life in prison for killing a schoolgirl after raping her in Narayanganj's Fatullah in 2005, bdnews24.com reports.
Judge Nazmul Haque Shyamol of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal passed the verdict on Tuesday.
The case was started in June 2005, following the death of 6th-grader Afsana Akter Mita.
Another suspect in the case was acquitted, according to state prosecutor Rakibuddin Ahmed.
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