A Dhaka court has sentenced two people to death in a case filed over the rape and murder of two five-year-old girls in Demra area of Dhaka last year.
Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal 3 Judge Joyshree Samaddar gave the verdict on Tuesday morning.
The court also fined the convicts Golam Mostafa, 28, and his cousin Azizul Bawani, 30, Tk50,000 each.
In an immediate reaction, the victims' parents expressed satisfaction with the verdict while the defence said they would go to the apex court against it.
Parvin Akter, mother of one of the victims Faria Akter Dola, said they got justice from the court.
"Now my only request to the apex court is that the verdict be upheld and executed quickly."
Another victim Nusrat Jahan's father Palash Hawlader said:"We are happy. We want the apex court to uphold the verdict if the convicts file an appeal against it."
Defence lawyer Md Jahirul Islam said they are not satisfied and will file appeal with the High Court Division against the verdict.
Faria Akter Dola and Nusrat Jahan, were raped and murdered in Konapara on January 7, 2019.
On the day of the incident, the culprits lured the two victims, who were playing near their house in Demra, with lipstick, and took them to Golam's house and confined them in a room there.
They raped the two children, and strangled them to death.
Later, Palash Hawlader filed a case with Demra police station against the accused.
The next day on January 8, Golam and Azizul were arrested from Jatrabari and Demra areas of Dhaka.