Dhaka, May 18 -- A court in Magura on Saturday convicted and sentenced prime accused Hitu Sheikh to death, but acquitted three others in a sensational case lodged over the rape and subsequently murder of an eight-year-old girl in the district in March this year.
M Zahid Hasan, the judge of Magura Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal, announced the verdict in the case at 9:30 am in presence of the accused. He sentenced Hitu Sheikh to death and fined him Tk 1 lakh.
Immediately after announcement of the verdict, relatives of the victim expressed their anger on the court premises. They alleged that though Hitu Sheikh was sentenced to death, the other accused, who had assisted in the rape and murder, were set free. Their acquittal wa...