, Sept. 2 -- A Narail court on Tuesday convicted five people and sentenced them to life imprisonment for killing a man during a robbery in 1998.

Narail Additional District and Session Judge Elina Akter handed down the punishment.

The lifers are Shahin Munshi, Akteruzzaman Babul, Selim, Nazrul Islam Mridha and Tezarat Mridha of Sadar upazila in the district.

Among them Tezarat was present at the dock while the others tried in absentia.

The court also fined Tk 10,000 each, in default, to suffer three-month more in rigorous imprisonment.

According to the prosecution, a group of robbers including the convicts swooped on the house of Nirmal Poddar of Bhauakhali village in Sadar upazila of Narail district and looted valuables after killing...