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Man gets double life term for abducting and raping teenager in Natore
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A Natore court has sentenced a youth to two life terms in prison for abducting and raping a schoolgirl in Naldanga upazila of Natore district.
The convict is Hafizul Islam, reports UNB.
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim passed the verdict on Sunday.
The court also fined the convict Tk 40,000 and ordered him to pay the same to the victim; he will have to serve 60 years in prison.
Public Prosecutor Sirajul Islam said Hafiz and his accomplices abducted and raped a seventh-grader at Bangalkholshi High School in Naldanga upazila on September 13, 2019.
Later, after the victim's father, Asmat Mandal, filed a case, police rescued the victim from Jashore and arrested him.