DU student rape in Kurmitola: court to deliver verdict on November 19

A tribunal in Dhaka today fixed November 19 for delivering verdict in the case filed over the rape of a DU student in the capital's Kurmitola this year.

After conclusion of arguments, Judge Begum Mosammat Quamrunnahar of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 set the date.

During today's hearing, the prosecution told the tribunal that they were able to prove the charges brought against the lone accused, Md Majnu, and sought exemplary punishment for the accused, while the defence told the tribunal that there were no eyewitnesses in the case and appealed to it to acquit his client of the charges.

Earlier, the tribunal recorded statements of 20 prosecution witnesses out of a total of 24, including the victim and complainant of the case.

During yesterday's hearing, Majnu was produced before the tribunal.

On January 5, the DU student was raped while she was walking from Kurmitola bus stop to a friend's house near Shewra Rail gate in Dhaka around 7:30pm after getting off a university bus.The next day, the victim's father filed the case with Cantonment Police Station.

On January 8, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested 30-year-old Majnu from Shewra area in the capital.