Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- Ten men have been sentenced to life imprisonment over the killing of a police officer by a gang of muggers in Chattogram's Ambagan more than a decade ago.

The verdict was delivered on Monday by Judge Mizanur Rahman of the Chattogram Divisional Special Judge's Court.

The convicted men are Md Jabed, Nurul Alam, Suman Molla, Harun Ar Rashid, Tapan Chandra Sarkar, Mintu Das, Arshal aka Russel, Faruk aka Bullet Faruk, Md Sohel, and Md Babul.

Five of them were present in court when the sentence was handed down, while the remaining five are on the run, said court official Mohammad Sahed.

In addition to life sentences, the court fined each of the men Tk 25,000 and ordered that the total amount be paid to the victim's family....