Rubel sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in Madrasa student abduction case in Nagarkanda.

Biplab Kumar Das, Staff Reporter: The court sentenced a young man named Rubel Khandkar (20) to five years rigorous imprisonment in the case of abduction and ransom demand of a madrasa student in Nagarkanda, Faridpur. At the same time, he has been ordered to pay a fine of 20,000 taka, and in default of payment, another three months imprisonment. However, the other accused in the case, Sohail Mollah, was acquitted as the crime was not proved. Judge (District and Sessions Judge) Shamima Parveen of Faridpur Women and Child Torture Prevention Tribunal announced this verdict on Wednesday afternoon. Convicted Rubel Khandkar is currently absconding. According to the details of the case, Hedayet Ullah, a 10-year-old student of a residential madrasa in Nagarkanda, went missing on January 14, 2016. The next day on January 15, the abductors demanded a ransom of Tk 5 lakh from the child's father on a mobile phone or threatened to kill him. In this incident, the child's father said. Kamal Khandkar filed a case at Nagarkanda police station. After the investigation, the police filed a charge sheet against Rubel Khandkar and Sohail Molla in the court. The court gave this verdict after a long judicial process and taking evidence. Counsel for the State (PP) Advocate Golam Rabbani confirmed the verdict and said that the court sentenced Rubel to rigorous imprisonment and fine as the charge of child abduction was proved and he was acquitted as there was no charge against the other accused.