2 jailed for life for kidnapping SSC examinee

NATORE, Feb 8: A Natore court on Thursday sentenced two people to life imprisonment for kidnapping a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee in 2005.

Natore Woman and Child Repression prevention Tribunal Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim handed down the punishment.

The court also fined Tk 20,000 to the convicts-Abu Bakkar, 40 and Rantu, 20 of Sadar upazila and asked to provide the money to the kidnapped girl.
Both of them were construction workers.

According to the prosecution, the convicts kidnapped an SSC examinee while working at a house at Halsa village in Sadar upazila on May 25, 2005.

Idris Ali, maternal uncle of the girl filed a case with Sadar police Station 14 days after the incident.

During investigation, police rescued the girl from the house of Abu Bakkar and arrested the convicts.
On August 13, 2005, police submitted chargesheet against them.    —UNB