Convicted and sentenced Md Shukur Ali Sheikh. Photo: BSS

DHAKA, June 30, 2025 (BSS) - A Dhaka court today convicted and sentenced one Md Shukur Ali Sheikh, 35, to 10-year imprisonment in a case lodged over the attempted rape of a six-year-old child in the city's Hatirjheel area in 2021.

Judge Sabera Sultana Khanam of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 pronounced the judgment in presence of the convict and sent him back to jail with a conviction warrant.

The court also fined the convict Taka 20 thousand, or, in default, to suffer three months more behind bars.

According to the case documents, Shukur Ali attempted to rape the child inside a rickshaw-garage in the Hatirjheel Aambagan area on May 21, 2021. The child later told her mother about her ordeal. The child's father filed the case against the sole accused.

Police, on October 13, 2021, filed the charge sheet. The court delivered the judgment today after examining six witnesses on different hearing dates.