Dhaka, Dec. 14 -- A court has sentenced 13 members of the 'Delowar Bahini' criminal gang to 10 years in prison for breaking into the home of a woman in Noakhali's Begumganj and then stripping and assaulting her.

Judge Jainal Abedin of the Noakhali Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 announced the verdict in the case on Tuesday.

Of the 13 convicts, nine - Nur Hossain Badol, Abdur Rahim, Abul Kalam, Israfil Hossain Miah, Mainuddin Saju, Shamsuddin Sumon Contractor, Nur Hossain Rasel, Anowar Hossain Shohaf and Delowar Hossain Delu - were brought to court from prison to hear the verdict, reports bdnews24.com.

Four other suspects - Abdur Rab Chowdhury, Mostafizur Rahman, Jamal Uddin and Mizanur Rahman Tarek - were tried in a...