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One to die for rape, murder

29 July 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Kushtia

A court yesterday sentenced one person to death and another to life in the Sima rape and murder case. Mohammad Milon, 36, to die while Hanif, 31, to suffer life term. Both hail from village Dabirpara in Daulatpur upazila. According to prosecution story, the two kidnapped Sima, 8, of the same village on January 25, 2006 when she was returning home from a local shop. They took the girl to a nearby bush, strangled her after rape and dumped the body there. Sima's father Paran Mondol filed a case with Sadar police station accusing the two of rape and murder.