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Youth gets life in teenage girl rape case

A court in Faridpur on Sunday sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment in a teenage girl rape case.

The lifer is Md Shamim Molla, 33, a resident of Piarpur village in Sadar upazila.

The district Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Hafizur Rahman gave the verdict.

The court also fined him Tk 1 lakh.

The case statement said Shamim violated the teenage girl on May 12 of 2020.

Later, the victim's mother lodged a case with Kotwali Police Station in this connection.

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