Dhaka, March 26 -- A court has sentenced three individuals to death for the gang rape and murder of a teenage girl in Keraniganj, Dhaka, three years ago.

The verdict was announced on Tuesday morning by Judge Munshi Md. Moshiyar Rahman of Dhaka's 4th Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal.

The convicts are: Sajib (25), son of Kamir Uddin from Kholamora village, Keraniganj ,Rakib (23), son of Hasmat Ali from Khakanda village, Bhanga Upazila, Faridpur ,Shawon alias Valka Shawon (26), son of Muslim Matbor from Palong police station, Shariatpur

State Prosecutor Ershad Alam George stated that apart from the death penalty, the convicts have also been sentenced to seven years of imprisonment and a fine of Tk 10,000 each for conceali...