HC upholds death penalty of 2 for raping, killing minor
Jhenaidah: High Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence of two people for killing a seven year old girl after raping her in Jhenaidah during 2008.
A bench of Justice Md Ruhul Kuddus and Justice Bhasmi Deb Chakrabarty passed the order.
The death row inmates are Mohammad Saiful Islam and Mohammad Arif Hossain.
According to the case statement, the convicts killed a seven-year old child, Alpona, after raping her in a jute field at Mahespur in Jhenaidah in 2008.
Later in 2011, a Jhenaidah court sentenced the duo to death over the rape and murder case.