, Sept. 15 -- A tribunal in Tangail on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to life imprisonment for violating a teenage girl in 2024.

Tangail Women and Children Repression Tribunal Judge Md Abdul Majid handed down the punishment.

The convict is Rashid Mia, 55, son of Golam Mia of Agsawali village in Mirzapur upazila of the district.

The tribunal also fined him Tk 2 lakh, in default, to suffer, two years rigorous imprisonment.

The court declared the accused to be the biological father of the child born as a result of rape and recognised the child as the accused's legal heir.

It also ordered that the state bear the child's maintenance expenses until the child turns 21. If the child remains unmarried after reaching the age of 21, ...