Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A Dhaka court has sent nine people to jail in connection with attacks, vandalism and arson at the office of The Daily Star.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Jamshed Alam passed the order on Tuesday, said Sub Inspector (SI) Selim Reza of prosecution.

The attack on the English daily followed an attack on the Bengali daily Prothom Alo in the early hours of Dec 19, after news of the death of Inqilab Moncho convenor in Singapore reached Bangladesh.

Those sent to jail are Julfikar Ali Sourav from Dhaka, Md Mainul Islam from Rajshahi, Almas Ali from Mymensingh, Jubayer Hossain from Noakhali, Ainul Haque Qasimi from Sylhet, Abdul Rahman Palash from Noakhali, Jannatul Naim from Rangpur, Abdur Rahman from Shariatpur, and Faisal...