Sun News Desk: A Khulna court today sentenced six people to death for raping a 14-year-old girl in Sonadanga Bihari Colony area of ​​Khulna.

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At the same time, The court also fined the convicts Tk 20,000 each. Besides, four children have been sentenced to jail in different terms.

Khulna Women and Children Torture Prevention Tribunal-3 Judge A. Chalam Khan announced the verdict on Tuesday at noon.

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The convicts are Morshedul Islam Shanto alias Shanto Bishwas (fugitive), Sheikh Shahadat Hossain (fugitive), Md Rabbi Hasan Parash, Md Mahamud Hasan Akash, Quazi Ariful Islam Pritom (fugitive) and Md Mim Hossain.

According to that source, the accused Shanto called the victim on June 29, 2019 around 4:30 pm on mobile. Shanto Biswas took her to the ground floor of Nurunbi Ahmed's rented house at Bihari Colony in the city. She was gang-raped there. During this time the video was recorded. Later, the victim was threatened by the recorded video.

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After the rape, the accused left the victim in the evening after threatening her to death. Then she was admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital.

The day after the incident, the elder sister filed a case against 9 accused in Sonadanga police station.

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