Online Desk: A Cumilla court on Sunday sentenced seven people to death and five others to life term imprisonment in a murder case filed in 2006. Cumilla Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-5 judge Jahangir Hossain handed down the punishment. The court also fined them Tk 30,000 each. He court also acquitted four others as allegations brought against them could not be proved.

The death-row convicts are — Md Morshed, Md Jewel Mia, Md Alauddin, Md Ripon, Md Shipon, Shubho Hasan and Md Kajal of Champaknagar area. The life term convicts are — Md Badal, Md Jahir, Iqbal Hossain, Anwar Hossain and Sohel.

According to the prosecution, on April 30, 2006, convict Jewel Mia along with others killed Rana Khan, 19, of Champaknagar area, in a planned way over previous enmity and dumped the body in a waterbody near Champaknagar North Housing.

On May 1, 2006, police recovered the body and a case was filed in this connection. Police submitted chargesheet against 16 people.