5 given life imprisonment in Ctg

Chittagong Correspondent

Chittagong Bureau: A court in Chittagong convicted five accused with life imprisonment including Rahima Dacoit of Banskhali for alleged abduction of five years old child in Chittagong . The court also fined the convicts with Tk.50 thousand each in same verdict. One accused Nurul Bashar was acquitted from the charges. Women & Child Repression Tribunal-1, Chittagong announced this verdict yesterday for abductionof Arfin Oishi(5) from Chandgaon area in city. Public Prosecutor of the Tribunal Advocate Jesmin Akhter told that the accused have been given life term jail in two separate sections of the tribunal. The convicted are – notorious dacoit of Banskhali Rahima Begum alias Rahima Dacoit, Roksana, Mamunur Rashid, Jalaluddin and Karim dacoit. Out of the convicts, Mamunur Rashid now in jail custody and others remain absconding. The acquitted Nurul Bashar is also absconding, court sources said. Court sources said Afrin Oishi, daughter of Md.Jahed was abducted from the premises of their residence in Chandgaon on January 27 last and trafficked in Kutukkhali area of Banskhali upazila in south chittagong and the kidnappers demanded ransom of Tk.5 lakh from her father. Following the filing of kidnap case by the father of the victim, Chandgaon thana police in association of Banskhali thana police rescued Afrin from Rahima Dacoit house in Kutukhali, Banskhali on February 2 last. After submission of IO report on May 14 last, tribunal heared the depositions of 10 witnesses , Tribunal judge convicted them with two separate sections of Women & child repression act , sources said.