A Cumilla court on Wednesday sentenced three people to life terms in prison, in a case filed for killing a man in Burichang upazila of the district in June 2015.
Sujan Mia, son of Malek Habilder, Mamun, son of Abul Kashem and Zakir Hossain, son of late Rustam Ali, were convicted for killing contractor Md Sher Ali.
Farida Yasmin, Judge of Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-5, handed down the judgement this afternoon.
The court also fined them Tk 50,000 each, in default, they will have to suffer six months more in jail.
According to the case statement, the now convicted Sujan Mia and victim Sher Ali jointly ran a business. On June 23, 2015, they locked into a quarrel over an amount of Tk 5 lakh.
Following the altercation, Sher Ali was beaten to death by Sujan Mia together with Mamun and Zakir.
A case was filed against three people at Burichang police station following a complaint lodged by the victim's brother Babul Mia.