RANGPUR PAEDOPHILE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE 2016 RAPE AND MURDER OF 8-YEAR-OLD CHILD (DECEMBER 1, 2020)

Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society. – Clint Eastwood

That quote from Clint Eastwood is so correct. On this date, December 1, 2020, a Rangpur paedophile, Riyad Pradhan was sentenced to death for the 2016 rape and murder of eight-year-old Tanjila Khatun Chumki. He does not deserve to live and he should be hanged together with the Pakistani Paedophile, Sohail Ayaz.

Rangpur man gets death penalty for 2016 rape, murder of 8-yr-old child

Liakat Ali Badal, Rangpur

Published at 04:32 pm December 1st, 2020

Women and Children and Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mostafa Pavel Raihan handed down the verdict Tuesday afternoon, with the death row convict Riyad Pradhan present at the dock.

State Prosecutor Adv Kawsar Ali confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune while expressing satisfaction and demanding speedy execution of the verdict.

He said the verdict in the 2016 case was declared in accordance with article 9(2) of the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amended) Act 2003, which states if a woman or child dies as a result of rape or any other misconduct following rape, the person convicted, shall be punishable by death or life imprisonment and an additional fine of no less than Tk1 lakh.

According to court sources, the victim Tanjila Khatun Chumki, daughter of Shajahan Ali of Ramnathpur village in Pirgonj upazila of Rangpur, was a first-grader at local government primary school.

On June 14, 2016, the day of the incident, Chumki was playing next to her house. At that time, Riyad Pradhan (then 20 years old), son of neighbour Momin Pradhan, lured the child back to his house and raped her there.

When the child screamed for help, Riyad suffocated her to death. Then with the help of his housemaid Dhali Begum (then 50), he stuffed the body inside a sack and buried it under the bed in his mud hut.

Meanwhile, as night approached and the girl did not return home, her family members began to worry. Failing to find her anywhere, the girl’s family lodged a General Diary (GD) with Pirgonj police station.

Informed, Pirgonj police arrested Riyad and recovered Chumki's body from under the bed of the mud hut based on his primary confession.

God takes no pleasure in the death of sinners, so as to delight simply in their death; rather, he delights to magnify his justice by inflicting the punishment which their iniquities have deserved. A righteous judge who takes no pleasure in condemning a criminal, may yet justly command him to be executed so that law and justice may be satisfied, even though it is in his power to procure him a reprieve. – George Whitefield, Letter to Wesley, Bethesda in Georgia, Dec. 24, 1740

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After an investigation into the incident, the investigating officer filed a charge sheet in the court in December that year.

“After four years, the court announced the verdict after hearing testimonies of 17 witnesses. In addition to the death sentence, the judge also fined the convict with Tk1 lakh, which is to go to the victim’s family as compensation,” said the state prosecutor.

Meanwhile, the court acquitted the other accused, housemaid Dhali Begum, finding the allegations against her to be untrue, he added.

In response to the verdict, the mother of the slain child, Asiya Begum, said she was happy with the verdict. “When the verdict is finally executed, only then will my daughter's soul find peace.”

Meanwhile, the criminal defence lawyer Adv Feroz Ahmed said they didn’t get justice in the verdict and would file an appeal with the High Court.

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Police escort the rape convict of a court premise in Rangpur Tuesday, December 1, 2020 Dhaka Tribune

Rapist to die for killing minor girl after rape in Rangpur

Published: Tuesday, 1 December, 2020 at 8:05 PM C

A court in Rangpur on Tuesday sentenced a youth to death for killing a minor schoolgirl after rape at village Ramnathpur under Pirganj upazila in the district four years ago.

Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 of Rangpur, Mostafa Pavel Raihan handed down the verdict in the courtroom in presence of the convict.

The court also fined the convict Tk 1 lakh and acquitted another accused woman in the case as the charges brought against her were not proved.

The prosecution said the convict is Riyadh Prodhan, 24, son of Momin Prodhan of village Ramnathpur.

The victim was eight-year-old Tanjila Khatun Chumki, daughter of day-labourer Shajahan Ali of the village. She was a student of class one at local Duramithipur Government Primary School.

Before the verdict was pronounced, a 46-page copy of the verdict was displayed on a projector screen outside the judge's courtroom where an overflowing crowd of curious people were present.

Additional Public Prosecutor of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 of Rangpur Advocate Mafzia Hasan Dibamani told reporters that the victim was playing in a garden in the village in the afternoon on June 14, 2016.

At that time, Riyadh Prodhan tactfully took the child to his house and forcibly raped her.

When the child screamed at that time, rapist Riyadh suffocated her to death.

Later, with the help of their maid Dolly Begum, 50, Riyadh filled the body in a cement bag and buried it beneath his bedroom.

Three days later on June 17, 2016, Pirganj police recovered Chumki's body, arrested Riyadh and a case was filed in this connection with Pirganj police station.

Although Dolly Begum fled after the incident, police later arrested her from Dhaka.

After investigating into the case, its investigation officer sub-inspector Nazir Hossain of Pirganj police station submitted charge sheets against Riyadh and Dolly before the court on December 12, 2016.

After examining witnesses of the case, the court found Riyadh guilty beyond any doubt and pronounced capital punishment against him on Tuesday.

Advocate Mafzia Hasan Dibamani expressed satisfaction over the verdict and demanded speedy execution of the death sentence.

Senior lawyer Kazi Mahfuzul Islam defended the accused side and said that there was an opportunity to appeal to the higher court after receiving a full copy of the verdict.

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