Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- A Barishal court has handed down the death penalty to four men for gangraping a housewife in 2016.

Barishal Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Rakibul Islam delivered the verdict on Sunday.

The convicts are Russel Gazi, 44, Khokon Khan, 32, Rajib Jamaddar, 34, and Jahid Hawlader, 35.

The court also fined them Tk 100,000 each.

Among the convicts, Khokon remains a fugitive, while the others were in court when the verdict was announced, according to bench assistant Ajibur Rahman.

The incident took place on Nov 10, 2016, in Barishal city's Dhan Gobeshona Road area, Special Public Prosecutor Abdul Mannan Mridha said, citing the case dossier.

That evening, the victim, aged 19 at the time, had a ro...