NOAKHALI, Feb 5, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today sentenced 10 people to death

and six others to life imprisonment in a case filed over raping a housewife
in Subarnachar upazila in 2018.

Judge Fatema Ferdous of Noakhali Women and Children Repression Prevention
Tribunal-2 handed down the verdict in presence of 15 convicts before the
court this morning.

The convicts are-- M. Sohel, 38, M. Hanif, 30, Swapan, 42, M. Chowdhury, 25,
Ibrahim Khalil, 25, M. Badshah Alam, 40, Abul Hosen, 40, Mosharrof, 35, M.
Jasim Uddin, 32, M. Salahuddin, 32, M. Jasim Uddin, 32, M.Hasan Ali, 45, M.
Murad, 28, M.Jamal alias Henju Majhi, 28, M. Shoel, 28 and M. Mintu alias
Helal, 28, of Subarnachar Madhyam Bagya village.

Among the convicts, M. Mintu alias Helal is absconding since the case was
filed.

According to the case, on December 30, 2018, a 40-year-old woman was beaten
and gang-raped in her house while her husband and children were tied up right
beside her.

On December 31, the day after the incident, victim's husband filed a case
with Char Jabbar Police Station.

After investigation of the case, the district detective police (DB) filed a
charge-sheet against 16 people on March 27, 2019.