A special tribunal in Manikganj has sentenced four people to death for raping and murdering a fifth-grader in 2008.
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mohammad Ali Hossain handed the order on Tuesday (Sept 24) acquitting two accused in the case.
The death row convicts are Eramul Haque, Ramzan Ali, Saiful Islam and Abdul Hakim. All but Abdul Hakim are at large.
According to case documents, the convicts kidnapped Rumana Akter, 13, on her way to the school on Jul 16, 2018, before gang-raping and murdering her.
Later, the body was recovered from a jute field near her school.
Following the murder, the victim's uncle filed a murder case against six people.
The court recorded the statement of as many as 15 witnesses and gave its verdict on Tuesday.