Clerics held as girl whipped to death
12 April 2012
Police in Bangladesh have arrested four Islamic clerics after a 14-year-old girl was whipped to death for allegedly having an illicit relationship with a married man.
The clerics are accused of ordering Mosammet Hena to receive 100 lashes in a fatwa or religious edict at a village in Shariatpur district.
Police are looking for the 40-year-old husband, who was also sentenced to 100 lashes but fled, escaping the punishment.
