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3 youths get 14 years jail
A tribunal here on Sunday convicted three young men and sentenced them to 14 years imprisonment each for kidnapping a madrassa student. The tribunal also fined -- Abu Taleb, 22, of East Sonkanda village, Ramjan Ali, 24, and Monju Mia, 21, of Khaspara village in Sribordi upazila -- Tk 10,000 each. According to the prosecution, the convicts kidnapped madrassa student Kosimuddin, 14, son of Zakir Hossain of Sonkanda village on March 22 in 2005. Later, a case was filed accusing four people under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. After examining the records and witnesses the judge handed down the verdict acquitting one accused.
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