Dhaka, March 10 -- BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has demanded exemplary punishment for the alleged child rapists in Magura as soon as possible.

The BNP senior joint secretary general spoke at a meeting before the rally organised by the Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal - the party's unit for women - on Monday.

"Reiterating Mohila Dal President Afroza Abbas, I too, want to tell the government to ensure exemplary punishment for the perpetrators [of the Magura child rape case]. The example must send a chill down the spines of other rapists and criminals," he said.

''This is the matter of the law. This is why we struggled for 15 years. This is why so many sacrifices were made and another criminal prime minister Sheikh Hasina was thrown out of the cou...