A Khulna court on Monday sentenced two persons to death and six others to life term imprisonment for killing a man in the district town in 2011, reports BSS.
The court also fined them Taka 50,000 each.
The convicts who got death penalty are Jahed Ibne Sahid alias Rana, son of Sahidul Islam, a resident of Chourhas Phultala colony area of the district town and Mostafijur Rahman Sajib, son of Golam Mustafa of phulchhari village under Shailkupa upazila in jhenaidah district.
The other convicts are Sohel Ahamed, Sohel Rana, Sahin Uddin, M Jony, M Ripon and M Sumin, all area residents of Chourhas Phultala colony area of the district town.
According to the case statement, the convicts chopped Lalchand, son of Nur Islam, a resident of the same area, to death over previous enmity on March, 2011, said Kushtia Judge Court PP Akram Hossain Dulal.
After the incident, Lalchand’s father filed a case with Kushtia Model Police Station.
Police, after investigation, submitted charge sheet before the court against them on December 31 of the same year.