NATORE, Sept 4, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping a child in Bagatipara upazila of the district in 2011.

Judge of the district Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Muhammad Abdur Rahim handed down the verdict to Dulal Hossain, 31, a resident of Chaipara village of the upazila.

The court also fined him Taka 50000, the court sources said.

According to the prosecution, on July 2 in 2011, the convict brought the child at his house and raped her.

After the incident, the victim's grandfather filed a case with Bagatipra Police Station. Police pressed the charge sheet on July 16.

Testifying witnesses and evidence, the court gave the order, said Special Public Prosecutor advocate Anisur Rahman.