Kishoreganj, June 19 -- Three people were sentenced to death and seven others to life in prison on Wednesday for killing former Jahangirnagar University student Ershadul Islam Choyon in 2005.

Convicts who were sentenced to death are - Abdul Awal, Al-Amin and Sufol. Awal and Sufol are absconding.

Those given life imprisonment are - Abdul Karim, Safia Khatun, Abdul Kadir Fakir, Sohel, Ripa Akter, Johura Khatun alias Anufa, and Abdur Rauf Fakir alias Rup Mia.

Kishoreganj's First Additional District and Sessions Court also fined the convicts Tk 500,000 each.

Choyon, who studied management from Jahangirnagar University, was the only son of Jahirul Islam and Momena Khatun. He was killed on December 2, 2005, two days before he was scheduled ...