A Jangipur court on Friday sentenced Dinabandhu Halder, who was a day earlier convicted of raping and killing a nine-year-old girl in Farakka, to death and his accomplice Subhajit Halder, to life imprisonment. the court ordered a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the victim’s family.
Dinabandhu got death for charges under section 6 of the Posco Act and murder, life imprisonment for kidnapping, and seven years for destruction of evidence.
