A Noakhali court today sentenced 13 people to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment over gang-rape and torture of a woman in the district's Begumganj upazila last year.
The district's Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 Judge Jainal Abedin also fined them Tk 50,000 each.
They will have to serve three months more in jail if they fail to pay the fine, the court said.
The convicts are Noor Hossain Badal, Abdur Rahim, Mohammad Ali alias Abul Kalam, Israfil Hossain Miah, Moyeen Uddin Sazu, Shamsuddin Sumon, Abdur Rob Chowdhury, Mostafizur Rahman Arif, Jamal Uddin, Noor Hossain Russel, Mizanur Rahman Tareq, Anwar Hossain Sohag and Delwar Hossain.
Among them, nine accused were brought to the court around 11am while four others -- Abdur Rob, Mostafizur, Jamal and Mizanur -- are on the run.
On March 24, the same court farmed charges against 13 persons in the case.
A gang of criminals brutally tortured a woman, after breaking into her house in the upazila on September 2, 2020.
Footage of the incident went viral on social media on October 2 last year.
The incident drew outrage across the country.
Later, the victim filed three separate cases in this connection.
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on December 15 last year submitted a charge-sheet before the court against 14 persons in one of the cases.
