A court yesterday sentenced two people to life term imprisonment for killing a man at Talhati village in Sadar upazila in 1996.
The court also fined the convicts Joynal Abedin, 60, and Abul Basar, 51, residents of the same village, Tk 50,000 each, in default, to suffer one more year in jail.
According to the prosecution, farmer Shamsul Islam was beaten to death by the convicts over a disputed land on September 21, 1996. Later, victim’s brother Sahabuddin filed a murder case against five people.
Police after investigation submitted chargesheet against them to the court. After examining witnesses and evidences, Additional District and Session Judge M Saidur Rahman handed down the punishment, acquitting two others as charges brought against them could not be proved. Another accused died during the trial period.