Dhaka, April 17 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced eight people, including gold trader and Dubai-based fugitive Rabiul Islam aka Arav Khan, to life in prison in the murder case of Inspector Mamun Imran Khan from the police's Special Branch (SB).

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Zakir Hossain Ghalib delivered the verdict in the seven-year-old case on Thursday.

The other convicts are Arav's wife Suraiya Akhter Keya, 21, Rahmat Ullah, 35, Swapan Sarkar, 39, Didar Pathan, 21, Mizan Sheikh, 21, Atiq Hasan alias Dilu Sheikh, 21, and Sarwar Hossain, 23.

Arav and Keya are absconding. Rahmat Ullah and Sarwar Hossain had been out on bail, but appeared in court for the verdict. The four other suspects were brought to court from jail.

After the verd...