Man gets life term for rape

Prothom Alo illustration
Prothom Alo illustration

A Sirajganj court on Monday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping a housewife at gun point in Natunpara village of Shahjadpur in the district in 2006, reports UNB.

Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 judge Fazle Khoda Nazir passed the order and also fined the convict Tk 10,000 in default three months jail.

The convict - Sona Ullah, 45, son of late Joidhar Ali of Balabari village of Belkuchi upazila has been on the run.

Public prosecutor Sheikh Abdul Hamid said on 8 March in 2006 Sona Mia broke into a woman's house and raped her at gun point at Ghorshal Natunpara in the upazila.