A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced a man to imprisonment unto death and another one to life imprisonment for killing a seven-year-old boy in Kadamtoli of Shyampur upazila in the capital.

The convict who was got jail unto death was Md Hanif while the lifer was Zahid Hossain.

Judge of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-4, Mohammad Morshed Alam pronounced the judgement in absence of the convicts.

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The court also fined Hanif Tk 50,000, in default, to suffer six months more rigorous imprisonment while fined Zahid Tk 5,000, in default, to suffer five months more in jail.

The court also issued arrest warrants against them.

According to the prosecution, the convicts took Abdullah, 7, son of Golam Mostafa of Kadamtoli area, to a fallow land near Ujala Match factory on September 21, 2016 and killed him with a stone.

Mostafa, father of Abdullah, filed a case with Kadamtoli Police Station.

Police on January 17, 2018, submitted chargesheet against the convicts.