The President issued an ordinance last Tuesday with the provision of death penalty for rape. Abdul Hamid.
The previous day, the cabinet approved the ‘Women and Child Abuse Prevention Act-2000’ in this regard.
The government has taken this decision in an alarming situation that the incident of rape has gone out across the country.
After the issuance of the ordinance, the first death penalty order came from Tangail. The Tangail Women and Child Abuse Prevention Tribunal ordered the death penalty of 5 accused in a case of gang rape of a madrasa student in Bhunapur of the district.