Subarnachar gang rape case: 10 to die, 6 get life

DE Online Desk
A court in Noakhali on Monday 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 in the 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.