A tribunal in Dhaka has fixed November 19 to hand down the verdict in a case filed over rape of a Dhaka University (DU) student in the capital’s Kurmitola earlier this year.
Judge (in charge) Md Al Mamun of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 of Dhaka fixed the date on Thursday, after hearing the arguments of both sides.
Lone accused — Majnu –was present in the dock during the argument.
On January 5, the DU student was raped while she was walking from Kurmitola bus stop to a friend’s house near Shewra Rail Gate in Dhaka around 7:30pm after getting off a university bus.