UNB, Dhaka: A court here on Wednesday convicted former teacher of Viqarunnisa School and College Parimal Joydhar and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for violating a schoolgirl.
Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-4 of Dhaka Saleh Uddin Ahmed passed the order.
The court also fined him Tk 50,000, in default, to suffer six months more rigorous imprisonment. The court also asked the authorities concerned to provide the money to the victim within 90 days.
Earlier on November 10, the same court fixed November 25 for delivering the verdict against Parimal.
Parimal sexually assaulted a class-X girl of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College confining her to a room of his house twice in May and June of 2011 and recorded the deplorable acts with his mobile phone.
On July 5, 2011, the victim’s father filed the rape case with Badda Police Station against Parimal, Viqarunnisa principal Hosne Ara and its Bashundhara branch head Lutfur Rahman.
Detectives arrested Parimal from a relative’s house in Keraniganj on July 7 in that year.
He made confessional statement before a court on July 11, four days after his arrest. Police submitted a chargesheet before the court on August 11 in that year, dropping the names of Hosne Ara and Lutfur Rahman.
The court finally framed charges against Parimal on March 7, 2012.
