Jamalpur: A tribunal in Jamalpur on Monday sentenced two individuals to death for raping a housewife in Dewanganj upazila in 2022. Judge of the Jamalpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, Muhammad Abdur Rahim, delivered the judgement.

According to United News of Bangladesh, the condemned convicts are Ashkar Ali, 44, son of Mobarak Ali, and Zahidul Islam, 39, son of Asmat Ali of the upazila. The court also fined them Tk 1 lakh each.

The prosecution revealed that the victim’s husband and son lived in Dhaka for work, while she remained at their village home with her 10-year-old daughter. Taking advantage of her isolation, Ashkar allegedly harassed the woman, but she rejected his advances. He then took her photographs and edited them to create obscene images, using these to threaten and violate her.

The prosecution added that Ashkar threatened to kill the victim’s daughter, son, and husband if she reported the abuse. On March 1, 2022, Ashkar and Zahidul allegedly entered the victim’s house while her husband was away and raped her, threatening her daughter’s life in the process.

When the victim’s husband returned and discovered the intruders, he raised an alarm. The prosecution stated that the accused then assaulted and threatened the victim and another man who arrived at the scene, also taking obscene photographs using a mobile phone. Subsequently, the victim’s son filed a case at the Jamalpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1.