Dhaka, April 16 -- A court has handed down the death penalty to a man for raping his daughter in Chuadanga.

Chuadanga Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Syed Habibul Islam delivered the verdict on Wednesday.

The convict, Altaf Hossain, is a resident in Chitla Hudapara village in Chuadanga's Alamdanga Upazila.

According to the case dossier, the teenage girl was married off on Feb 16, 2024, in Meherpur's Gangni Upazila. A few days after the marriage, she began experiencing abdominal pain and vomiting. Medical tests later revealed that she was already 2 to 3 months pregnant.

When confronted, the girl told her mother that on Dec 5, 2023, her father had raped her at their home after threatening her with violence. He co...