A Kushtia court has awarded the death penalty to a man for killing a seven-year-old girl after raping her in 2015.
Kushtia Additional District and Sessions Judge Reza Md Alamgir Hasan delivered the verdict on Wednesday.
The convict, Jahid Mondol, 30, was also fined Tk5 lakh.
According to the case statement, Jahid raped a seven-year-old girl and then killed her at a banana plantation in Kumarkhali upazila’s Jaduboira village on December 5, 2015.
The victim’s father filed a case with Kumarkhali police station on the day of the incident.
Thursday, June 04, 2026
