Dhaka, June 17 -- A Chattogram court has sentenced a man to life in prison for raping a 3-and-a-half-year-old child in the city's Bakalia.

He has also been fined Tk 50,000.

Judge Syeda Hafsha Jhuma of the Chattogram Children Violence Suppression of Tribunal handed down the verdict on Wednesday, Public Prosecutor Mahmud-ul Alam Chowdhury Maruf said.

He said the charge against Monir had been proven, leading to a life sentence and a fine.

The case's testimony, defence statement, and closing arguments were completed over five working days.

The verdict has come within 25 days of the incident.

The hearing of testimony in the case began on Jun 10, with 18 witnesses testifying over three working days before concluding on Sunday.

On Monday,...