, April 29 -- A Joypurhat court on Monday convicted 19 people and sentenced them to life imprisonment for killing a man over previous enmity in 2002.

Judge of the Joypurhat Additional District and Session Judge-2, Nurul Islam handed down the punishment.

The convicts are Alam, Dola, Osman, Korban, Azadul, Labu, Babu, Aminur, Faraz Mandal, Shuktu, Dulal, Aleem, Nazrul, Saidul, Sanwar, Saiful, Kalam, Ukil and Zaharul of Harenda village in Panchbibi upazila. Of them, Ukil and Zaharul tried in absentia.

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The court also fined Tk 50,000, in default, to suffer two years more in rigorous imprisonment.

According to the prosecution, Abdur Rahman, son of Shamsuddin of Harenda village i...