Online Desk: A court in Khulna on Monday sentenced a youth to 10 years’ imprisonment in a case filed under the ICT Act for raping a college student and circulating a video and image of the act on the internet. Khulna Divisional Cyber Tribunal Judge Kanika Biswas handed down the verdict in the presence of the accused. The tribunal also fined him Tk 1,00,000, in default, he will has to serve three months more in prison.

The convict is Zahidul Islam, 18, son of Ziad Ali Sheikh of Komarpur area under Debhata upazila of Khulna district. According to the prosecution, Zahidul took the girl to a house in Debhata upazila on January 30, 2013, and violated her. He recorded the act and later circulated the video on the internet.

On July 29, 2023, a case was filed with Debhata Police Station, following a complaint lodged by the victim’s mother. The investigating officer, SI Azizul, submitted the charge sheet in court on October 31 of the same year.