Dhaka, May 29 -- A Lakshmipur court has sentenced eight people to death for the murder of Lakshmipur Chhatra League leader Mehedi Hasan Jashim.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Amina Farhin delivered the verdict on Monday, said state counsel Jashim Uddin.

The police had filed charges against 12 suspects in the case, but four had died before the conclusion of the trial. The court convicted the remaining eight.

Seven of the convicts were in court to hear the verdict but one, Hizbur Rahman Swapan, is absconding.

The rest of the convicts are - Mobarak Ullah, 66, Ali Hossain Bachchu, 50, Mobarak's son Kabir Hossain Ripon, 30, Md Khokan, 50, Md Mostafa, 70, Abul Hossain, 50 and Zafar Ahmad, 55. All of them hailed from the Sadar Upazil...