7 get life for murder

Our Correspondent, Tangail
A court here on Sunday sentenced seven persons to life term rigorous imprisonment for killing Kalu Sheikh, an elderly man in Nalitabari upazila in Sherpur district 11 years ago.

The court also fined them Tk 5,000 each, in default, to suffer six months' more RI.

The convicts are Farman Ali, Malu alias Malek, Ichhob Ali alias Yousuf member, Abdul Jalil, Siddiqur Rahman alias Kailla, Noor Islam and Nabi Hossen of Baromary Manikchand village in Nalitabari upazila.

Of them, Abdul Jalil, Siddiqur Rahman, Noor Islam and Nabi Hossen were tried in absentia.