Thane, Oct 31 (PTI) A sessions court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has sentenced a Bangladeshi national to eight years in prison after holding him guilty in a rape case.

In his order of October 24, a copy of which was made available on Friday, Additional Sessions Judge, Belapur, Parag A Sane also handed 5-year imprisonment to the man’s wife and another person for illegally staying in India.

All three convicted individuals are to be deported to Bangladesh upon the completion of their sentences.

According to the prosecution, Joshim Sobur Mulla (26) was accused of raping two minor girls trafficked from Bangladesh. Acting on a tip-off by an NGO, the police had rescued the survivors in 2017.

While the court convicted Joshim for rape under the Indian Penal Code, it did not hold him guilty

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