A court in Faridpur on Monday sentenced five people to life imprisonment for killing a man in Alfadanga upazila in 2012.
The lifers are Nur Islam, Md Monir Sheikh, Iktar Molla, Enayet Amin of Faridpur, and Miraj Hossain, of Gopalganj district. All of them except Nur Islam were tried in absentia.
Faridpur additional district and sessions judge-1 (Special Tribunal) Ashok Kumar Dutta delivered the judgment.
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The court also fined the convicts Tk 20,000 each.
According to the case, Shahidul Islam, who used to drive motorcycle on rent, was found dead in Konagram in the upazila on July 28 in 2012.
Later, a murder case was filed at Alfadanga police station.