A court in Joypurhat sentenced a youth to life imprisonment in for raping a woman in Madhupur village of the district’s Sadar upazila.
Judge Mohammad Rustam Ali passed the verdict in Joypurhat’s Women and Children Repression Tribunal in absentia on Thursday.
The convicted was identified as Johsek son of Late Thakur of Madhupur village in Sadar upazila of Joypurhat district.
Special public prosecutor (PP) Advocate Firoza Chowdhury confirmed the matter to Bangladesh Post. According to the case details, on the night of January 18, 2007, Johsek took the victim from her house before raping her. Later, neighbours rescued her unconscious and admitted her to the district twon’s hospital.
Following in the incident, the victim filed a rape case with Joypurhat
police station.
