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Two get death for killing child after rape in Cumilla
A court in Cumilla sentenced two people to death for killing a 10-year-old child after rape at Hatimara village in Manoharganj upazila of Cumilla district in 2018.
A court in Cumilla sentenced two people to death for killing a 10-year-old child after rape at Hatimara village in Manoharganj upazila of Cumilla district in 2018.
The court also fined them Tk one lakh each.
Judge Abdullah Al Mamun of Cumilla Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 delivered the verdict on Tuesday (November 8).
The death row convicts are Bachchu Miah and Amir Hamza, residents of Hatimara village in the upazila.
Pradeep Kumar Dutta, the special public prosecutor of the court, confirmed the matter.
According to the prosecution, the convicts enter the house to rape the child on March 5, 2018. After raping the child, they hacked the victim to death with sharp weapons and fled away.