, May 29 -- A Faridpur court on Thursday convicted four people and sentenced them to life imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of an easy-bike driver in 2020.

Judge of the Additional District and Session Judge Court-2 Ashok Kumar Dey handed down the punishment.

The convicts were identified as Anis Mallik, Shahid Sheikh, Shahjahan Sheikh and Md shamim alias Bhagne Shamim of Sadar upazila of Rajbari district. Of them, Shahjahan and Shamim were tried in absentia.

The court also fined them Tk 20,000, in default to suffer two months more in rigorous imprisonment.

According to the prosecution, Faruk Talukdar, an easy-bike driver and son of Siddik Talukdar of Pachuria village in Sadar upazila of Rajbari district, went missing after l...