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A Patuakhali court on Wednesday sentenced two teenage boys to 13 years jail while another to ten years jail in a case over the rape of the daughter of a July martyr in 2025.
Patuakhali Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Nilufar Shirin handed down the punishment, UNB reports.
According to the prosecution, Lamia, the 18-year-old daughter of July martyr Jashim Uddin, was violated by the three teenage convicts while going to her maternal grandfather’s house in Pangashia union of Dumki upazila on March 18, 2025.
During the trial proceedings, Lamia reportedly killed herself by hanging herself from the ceiling at her rented house on Road-6 in the Sheikhertake area of the capital.
A case was filed in this connection with Dumki Police Station.
Police submitted chargesheet against them.
Jasim Uddin was killed in police firing during the July Movement in Dhaka.