A Noakhali court sentenced 10 people to death including six others to life term imprisonment in a case over raping a woman in Subarnachar upazila in 2019.
The judge of Noakhali Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2, Fatema Ferdous, has delivered the judgment today (Feb 5).
The court also fined the accused Tk 50,000 each. If they fail to fulfill the fine, they would have to stay in jail for two more years.
15 accused were present in court at the time of pronouncement of verdict and one accused was absconding.
The assaulted woman alleged that the attack and rape happened because she did not vote for their preferred symbol. The incident was widely discussed at home and abroad.