Rapist gets life
A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for violating a physically challenged woman. The convict is Panchanon, 55, of Joypur village of Lohagora upazila. The court also fined him Tk 50,000, in default, he is to suffer five years' more in jail. According to the prosecution, Panchanon raped the woman, 40, when she went to watch television in his house on February 24, 2010. A case was filed in this connection. After examining the records and witnesses, Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Md Sadiur Rahman handed down the verdict.
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