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16 June 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet

Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal yesterday sentenced four for life for rape of two women of Chhatak upazila. The convicts are Abul Kalam, Rafique, Abdul Gafur and Abdul Awal---all hailing from Jawabazar. The court, however, acquitted six others. According to the prosecution story, Anjana Rani Das, 18, and her cousin Supta Rani Das, 20, of village Kaitak of Sunamganj were kidnapped on September 21,2006 while waiting for transport on Sylhet-Sunamganj Road. An autorickshaw picked them to drop at home but it took the two women to a distant place where they were detained for a day and raped.