Dhaka, March 25 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced three people to death for the gang-rape and murder of a teenage girl in Dhaka's Keraniganj three years ago.

Dhaka Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Munshi Md Moshiar Rahman delivered the verdict in the case on Tuesday.

The convicts are 25-year-old Sajib from Keraniganj's Kholamora village, 23-year-old Rakib from Faridpur's Khakanda village, and 26-year-old Shawon, aka Bhalka Shawon, from Shariatpur's Palong.

Public Prosecutor Ershad Alam George said that, in addition to the death sentences, all three convicts were also sentenced to seven years in prison and fined Tk 10,000 each for hiding the body after the murder. If they fail to pay the fine, they will receive another ...