Court sentenced a man to death for killing a garment worker after raping her in Chittagong. In the same verdict, the accused was fined one lakh Taka.

Judge Osman Gani of Chittagong Women and Child Abuse Prevention Tribunal-5 gave the verdict on Tuesday afternoon.

The name of the convicted person is Mohammad Jalal. He was present in the court when the verdict was pronounced.

Habibur Rahman Azad, the official counsel of the tribunal, said that the deceased garment worker lived in the house of accused Jalal. Jalal’s wife is also a garment worker. He was raped on the occasion of not having a wife. The court ordered the death penalty for the accused in the case of strangulation after rape. At the same time fined one lakh taka. The accused has been sent to jail after court orders.

According to court sources, on 19 March 2015, the speech-impaired garment worker was raped and strangled to death in Shahid Nagar area of Chandgaon police station in Chittagong city. In this incident, the victim’s father filed a case as a plaintiff.
After the investigation, the police submitted the charge sheet to the court on 19 November of the same year. On March 10 of the following year, the court started the trial by framing charges against Jalal.

After hearing the testimony of eight people, the court gave this verdict.