Six get life for gangrape, murder in Barisal

The convicts are Jalal, 25), Chunnu, 24, Bchchu, 25, Monir Talukder, 28, Basher Khan, 26 and Motahar, 23. Bachchu and Motahar were in dock when Judge Noor-e-Alam announced the verdict. The rest are absconding.

Mery Begum, a student of class ten at Kakorda High School in Bakerganj upazila, lived with her mother and four brothers.

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On March 28, 2000, Mery was alone at home when the miscreants broke open the door at about noon and entered her room. They gangraped and strangled her and hung the body from the ceiling by a scarf. persons.