, May 17 -- A Magura court on Saturday sentenced a man to death and acquitted three people in the much-talked-about verdict in the sensational rape and murder case of eight-year-old Asiya.

The court sentenced Hitu Sheikh, 50, prime accused in the case and father-in-law of Asiya's sister to death while acquitted Hitu's wife Jabeda Begum, 40 and two sons- Sajib Sheikh, 20 and Ratul Sheikh, 25.

Judge Md Zahid Hasan of the Magura Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal announced the judgment.

A total of 29 witnesses testified in the case and seven pieces of evidence were seized, he added.

The rape took place on the night of March 5, when the victim was visiting her sister's in-laws' house in Nijnanduali village of Sadar upazila....