Dhaka, July 4 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced three men to life imprisonment and acquitted four others in the 2015 murder case of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella.

The verdict was delivered by Sheikh Samidul Islam, judge of Dhaka's Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court, on Thursday (3 July).

Those sentenced to life in prison are Tamjid Ahmed alias Rubel, Russell Chowdhury, and Minhazul Arefin alias Baghne Russell.

The four acquitted are BNP leader MA Quayum, his brother Abdul Matin, Shakhawat Hossain, and Sohel.

Among the accused, Tamjid, Russell, Minhazul, Matin, and Shakhawat had earlier confessed to their involvement in the killing during various stages of the trial.

Two of the accused, MA Quayum and Sohel, were tried ...