Bangladesh, July 17 -- A Khulna court has sentenced five people to death for gang-raping and murdering former Exim Bank official Parvin Sultana before killing her father Ilyas Chowdhury in 2015.
Judge Md Mohiduzzaman of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal - 3 announced the verdict on Tuesday.
The court also imposed fines of Tk 100,000 each on the convicts in the murder of Parvin and Tk 10,000 each on the killers of Ilyas.
Besides, a term of seven years in prison was added to the sentences of each of the accused for concealing the bodies of the victims, said Special Public Prosecutor Farid Ahmed.
According to the prosecution, the convicts used to stalk Parvin Sultana on her way home from the bank.
On her protests, they bro...