2 get life for schoolgirl killing in Chuadanga
A court here on Monday convicted two youths and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a schoolgirl seven years ago.
The convicts -- Abdur Rashid and Azim, residents of Titudah village of Sadar upazila -- were also fined Tk one lakh each, in default, to suffer five years more RI.
Of them, Azim still remained absconding.
According to the prosecution, a group of youths kidnapped Afroza Begum, 16, a class VI student of Titudah Secondary School in Sadar upazila on the night of December 12, 2005 and killed her. Her body was recovered from a sugarcane field later.
Afroza's father Mujibur Rahman filed a murder case with the local police station.
After investigation, police submitted a charge sheet against Abdur Rashid, Azim, Alauddin and Nazim.
After examining records and witnesses, Abdur Rahman Sarder, additional sessions judge, handed down the verdict.
The court, however, acquitted two suspects -- Alauddin and Nazim -- as the prosecution could not prove the allegation brought against them.
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