A Kushtia court on Monday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for a rape in Mirpur upazila in 2015.
The convict was identified as Md Nantu who was also fined Tk 50,000.
According to the prosecution, victim Rehena Begum and Nantu were tenants in a house owned by Shafayet Hossain of Chitholia village in the upazila.
Nantu would tease Rehena and made lewd proposal several times. His advances rejected, Nantu forcibly entered her room on March 30, 2015, and raped her, beating her severely. Hearing Rehena's screams, locals rescued her and took her to Kushtia General Hospital where she died after five months.
On March 31, 2015, the house owner filed a rape case with Mirpur police station against Nantu.
After examining all the records and witnesses, Woman and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge, Munshi Md Moshiar Rahman, handed down the verdict.
