Man gets death for killing child after rape

A court in Rangpur on Sunday sentenced a man to death for killing a six-year-old girl after rape in Pirganj upazila of the district in 2013. 

Rangpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 Judge M Ali Ahmed passed the verdict when the condemned convict, Hiru Mia lias Khora Hiru, present in the dock.

The judge also fined Hiru Tk 1 lakh, confirmed special public prosecutor of the court advocate Tazibur Rahman Laizu.

He said the judge gave this verdict as the charges against the convict has been proved undoubtedly.

The case statement said Hiru, a resident of Nandarampur Fatehpur village in the upazila, took the minor daughter of covillager Zahurul Haque to his home and violated on April 11, 2013. 

Then, he strangulated the victim to death and covered the body under soil at his bedroom.

Later, police recovered the body from his house.

The victim's uncle Khalilur Rahman lodged a rape and murder case against Hiru with Pirganj Police Station.

Zitu Kabir/SU