A Kushtia court on Monday sentenced two persons to death and six others to life term imprisonment in a murder case filed in 2011.
The convicts who got death penalty are Jahed Ibne Sahid alias Rana, son of Sahidul Islam, a resident of the Chourhas Phultala colony area of the district town and Mostafijur Rahman Sajib, son of Golam Mustafa of the Phulchhari village under the Shailkupa upazila in the Jhenaidah district.
The lifers are Sohel Ahamed, Sohel Rana, Sahin Uddin, M Jony, M Ripon and M Sumin, all being residents of the Chourhas Phultala colony area of the district town.
The court also fined them Tk50,000 each.
Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunals Munshi M Mosiar Rahman handed down the verdict in present of the convicts around 11am.
The convicts hacked Lalchand, son of Nur Islam, a resident of the area, to death over previous enmity in March, 2011, said Kushtia Judge Court PP Anup Kumar Nandi.
After the incident, Lalchand’s father filed a case with the Kushtia Model police station.
Police, after investigation, submitted the charge sheet before the court against them on December 31 of the year.