A Chittagong court in a verdict here yesterday awarded life term imprisonment to a kidnapper for abducting a six-year old child in Karnaphuli thana in the city on January 23 in 2009.
The Judge of Chittagong Women and Child Repression Tribunal-1 Mohammad Rezaul Karim delivered the judgment convicting the accused Muslem Uddin.
The prosecution story in brief is that the convicted person in the evening on January 23 in 2009 abducted Tahmina, from Shah Mirpur area under Karnaphuli thana.
Later, the abductors demanded Taka one lakh from the victim’s family as ransom. Victim’s mother Jannatul Ferdouse, filed a case with Karnaphuli thana against Muslem Uddin in connection with the abduction.
Later, police arrested the abductor from Bhola district and rescued the child.
The court examined a total of eight prosecution witnesses in the trial process and held the accused person responsible for the crime, sources said.
