BCL leader gets life
A court yesterday sentenced former general secretary of Madaripur Nazimuddin College and Chhatra League leader Sarwar Hossain Mollah to life term imprisonment on charge of rape. Judge of Madaripur tribunal for preventing Women and Children Repression Md Ataur Rahman announced the sentence yesterday. However the convicted student leader is on the run. According to the case proceedings, accused Sarwar Mollah at 8:00 pm on February 28, 2005 in a room of Momtaz Begum's house in Kulpaddi area under Madaripur Sadar proposed to plaintiff Farzana Begum to have physical relationship promising to marry her later. As the plaintiff did not agree to the proposal the accused tied her mouth with a piece of cloth and raped her. A case was filed against three persons including Sarwar Mollah on March 18, 2006. But the two other accused were acquitted of charges.
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