A Manikganj court on Wednesday sentenced death penalty to a man for burning a child after rape and murder at Daulatpur in Manikganj on October 20, 2018.
The Judge of Manikganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Mohammad Ali Hossain handed down the verdict to Shahadat Hossain Sadhu, 35, son of Latif Sheikh, of Shyampur village of Daulatpur upazila, in presence of the accused at noon.
According to the verdict, accused Shahadat Hossain Sadhu took the child to an abandoned place at Shyampur village of Daulatpur on October 20 night and raped, killed her.
Later, he burnt the child with petrol.
He was supposed to take her to her maternal grandmother’s home.
After the incident, the mother of the child filed a case with Daulatpur police station accusing Shahadat Hossain Sadhu.
Police later arrested Sadhu.
The investigating officer of the case sub-inspector Abdul Hai filed charge sheet before the court on May 13, 2019 against the accused.
After examining 15 witnesses, Judge Mohammad Ali Hossain declared the verdict, said AKM Nurul Huda Rubel, special public prosecutor of Manikganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal.
Source: newagebd.met, Staff, March 19, 2020
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