A Jamalpur court has sentenced a youth named Md Yunus Ali to life imprisonment for raping a young woman in Dewan Ganj upazila. The court has also fined him Tk 5 lakh.
Judge Md Abdur Rahim of the Prevention of Repression Against Women and Children Tribunal-1 of Jamalpur District and Sessions Judge Court delivered the verdict on Monday afternoon.
The convict, Yunus Ali, is the son of Gazi Rahman of Kumarrer Char area under Dewan Ganj upazila.
The victim and the accused lived in the same village. Taking advantage of this, Yunus used to make indecent proposals to her on her way and whenever he found her alone. He collected her cell phone number by offering promises of love and marriage. When the woman informed her parents about the matter, they notified Yunus’s guardians, which enraged Yunus, according to the case statement.
Later, between 10pm and 11pm on September 6, 2016, as the woman went to fetch water from the tube-well on her house premises, Yunus, who was lying in wait, gagged her from behind, dragged her to a nearby spot and raped her.
A few days after the incident, on September 29, the victim filed a case with a Jamalpur court. The prosecution produced seven witnesses in the case. After reviewing the evidence and testimonies, the court delivered the verdict,” Fazlul Haque, public prosecutor of Jamalpur Prevention of Repression Against Women and Children Tribunal-1, said.
