Fugitive rape convict arrested

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UNB, Laxmipur :
Police arrested a fugitive convict of 14 years’ imprisonment in a rape case from New Market area under Kotwali thana in Chittagong on Monday evening.
The arrestee was identified as Jahirul Islam, son of Saidul Haque, a resident of Charfalkan village in Kamalnagar upazila of Laxmipur district. Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Kamalnagar Police Station, said Jahirul picked up a 16-year-old girl from her house of Charfalkan village in Kamalnagar upazila and raped her on February, 2002.
The victim’s father filed a case with Ramgati Police Station against Jahirul under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
Later, Judge of Laxmipur District and Sessions Judge’s Court handed down the verdict.
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