Father sentenced to death for raping stepdaughter in Kamrangirchar

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced Md Jamal Hossain to death and fined him Tk5 lakh for raping his 13-year old stepdaughter in the capital’s Kamrangirchar area in 2023.

Dhaka Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Masrur Salequin pronounced the verdict, said Pankaj Peter Gomes, bench assistant of the court.

According to the case documents, the victim, Mst Hafsa Moni, was a seventh-grade student at Nabinnagar Dhaka Model School and College and lived with the accused, Md Jamal Hossain, the second husband of her mother.

On 28 August 2023, Jamal allegedly raped the girl at their home when no one else was present. He allegedly raped the victim several times later and threatened to kill her.

The girl became pregnant and subsequently gave birth to a child, the documents said, adding that the victim’s mother, Mst Parvin Akter, filed a case against Jamal with Kamrangirchar Police Station on 28 August 2023.

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After investigation, police submitted a charge sheet against the accused on 24 January 2025, and the tribunal framed charges against him on 24 August 2025 and began the trial. The prosecution examined six witnesses during the trial.