A Tangail court has sentenced four men to death and handed seven years imprisonment to another for raping and murdering a law student.

Four transport workers are awarded death penalty in a case filed for killing law student Rupa Khatun after rape in a moving bus in Tangail. The court in Tangail also sentenced the supervisor of the bus, Safar alias Gendu, to seven years rigorous imprisonment and fined Tk 1 lakh.

A Tangail court is set to deliver its verdict in a case filed over the murder of law student Zakia Sultana Rupa after gang-rape in a running bus on August 25 last year.

A Tangail court yesterday framed charges against five transport workers in the case filed for gang raping and killing law student Rupa Khatun in a running bus on August 25.

Police press charges against five transport workers in the case filed for killing Rupa Khatun after raping her on a moving bus in Tangail on August 25.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) urges the authorities concerned to ensure the capital punishment to the culprits, who raped and murdered Rupa Khatun on a moving bus in Tangail on August 25.