The Women and Children'stribunal in Shariatpur sentenced five people to death for killing a woman after gang rape in 2019.
Shariatpur Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Md Sohel Ahmed handed down the punishment.
The court also fined Tk one lakh to the convicts. Of the convicts, Ibrahim, Al Amin and Faruk remained absconding.
The condemned convicts are—Nizam Bali, 45, Mohammad Ali, 35, Omar Faruk, 24, Al Amin Bepari, 20 and Ibrahim Mollah, 21 of Damudya upazila.
According to the prosecution, Firoza Begum, 55 of Boro Naogaon in Damudya upazila was found dead at an abandoned water body on April 18, 2019.
Lal Mia, brother of Firoza filed a case against 13 people.
On April 28, police arrested Nizam Bali. Faruk and Mohammad were arrested on the following day.
The arrestees admitted their guilt that they at first gang raped Firoza and killed her.