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Two jailed for 10yrs for harassing minor, incting suicide

Published : Sunday, 19 January, 2025 at 3:26 PM  Count : 197

A court in Natore has sentenced two men to 10 years jail each for sexually harassing a minor girl that provoked her to commit suicide around 20 years ago.

Natore Women and Children Repression and Prevention Tribunal Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim passed the verdict on Sunday in presence of the convicts. The court also fined the convict Tk 50,000 each.

 The convicts are -- Kajem Ali and Atiqur Rahman.

According to the case statement, on March 18, 2005, the accused sexually harassed 11-year-old Rifa Khatun Sheuli when she was taking care of sheep near her house in Majdigha Sreebpur village.
Following the incident, she committed suicide by taking pesticides after returning home from the spot, it reads.
Later, the victim's father filed a case with the relevant police station in this regard.

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