Three persons were sentenced to life-term imprisonment on charge of their involvement in killing a three-wheeler driver in Rajshahi, four years back.
They were also fined Tk20,000 each, in default; they will have to suffer six more months behind bars.

Muhammad Saifur Rahman Siddiqui, Judge of the Prevention of Public Safety Violation Tribunal, found them guilty of the murder charge and handed down the verdict on Sunday.
The convicts are Minarul Islam, 43, son of Rustam Ali, Masud Rana, 38, son of Mokshed Ali and Jewel, 35, son of Imrul Kayesh. All are residents of Askerpur village under Charghat upazila in the district.
According to the prosecution, the trio armed with sharp lethal weapons attacked victim Jalal Uddin, 45, and chopped him indiscriminately in Askerpur area on 9 October 2020. Promptly, they decamped with his battery-run three-wheeler leaving behind the victim in a pool of blood.

Hearing the sound of his groaning, local people rescued him and took him to the nearby Charghat Upazila Health Complex where the attending doctors declared him dead.
On the following day, Manik Hossain, son of the deceased, lodged a case with Charghat Model Police Station. Upon completion of the investigation, the police pressed charges accusing the three accused.
Special Public Prosecutor of Rajshahi Asaduzzaman Mithu conducted the case on behalf of the state.