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20 May 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet

The Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal awarded death penalty yesterday to three young men for rape and murder of a teenage girl. The convicts are Sayed Ahmed Sayem, Ruhul Amin and Atique, all aged below 25 and hailing from village Khalopar in Golapganj upazila. According to the prosecution story, police recovered the body of 13-year girl Rima Begum, daughter of poor villager Abdur Rahman of Sherpur from a bush at village Nalua on November 17, 2006. Police on March 20, 2007 filed charge sheet against the three accused who kidnapped the victim from her house and killed her after gang rape. Sayem and Ruhul Amin are in jail while Atique is still at large.