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UNB, Kirigram

A court here Wednesday convicted two people and awarded them life term imprisonment in a rape case.

The court also fined the convicts-Rahena Begum and her brother-in-law Ershadul - Tk 5,000 each, in default, to suffer five months more RI.

According to the prosecution, Ershadul, of Moddhya Kumorpur village in Sadar upazila raped a girl with the help of his sister-in-law Rahena on March 11, 2005.

Later, the victim's mother with the help of local people rescued the girl from the house of Rahena. A case was filed.

After examining the records and witnesses, District and Sessions Judge Bhabani Prasad Singh handed down the verdict in the crowded courtroom.