, Nov. 11 -- A tribunal in Lalmonirhat on Wednesday convicted a man and sentenced him to life imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl in 2024.

Lalmonirhat Women and Children Repression Tribunal Judge Nityananda Sarkar handed down the punishment.

The convict is Ashraf Hossain, son of Sahat Ali, of Kaliganj upazila in Lalmonirhat district.

The tribunal also fined him Tk 50,000, with an additional three months of rigorous imprisonment in default of payment.

According to the prosecution, Ashraf took the girl to his house on December 8, 2024, promising to give her a banana, and then raped her.

A case was filed in this connection with Kaliganj Police Station.

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