<i>Convict flees court on hearing verdict</i>
A convict fled the trial room of divisional speedy trial tribunal yesterday immediately after hearing the verdict in a rape and murder case.
Tribunal judge Dilip Kumar Devnath earlier sentenced six people to life imprisonment in a sensational case for killing a teenage girl after rape.
The convicts are: Shah Alam, Fotu Miah and Anu Miah of village Baralitila, Abdul Ahad alias Ahad and Ripon Miah and his brother Shipon Miah of village Purbo Kalenga under Komolganj upazila in Moulvibazar district. Among them, Shipon and Anu are still at large.
According to the prosecution, Ripon Miah had a relationship with the teenage daughter of poor woodseller Zainal Abedin of Purba Kalenga village. Ripon became annoyed when the girl's father told him not to come to his house any more.
Ripon allured the girl and took her to Borshijora Eco Park in Moulvibazar on 17 November of 2009. There he, along with others, raped the girl before hacking her to death.
Police caught four accused, all of whom secured bail from the High Court. They appeared before the court yesterday too. But on hearing the judgement yesterday afternoon, Ahad managed to flee the courtroom.
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