Dhaka, May 3 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced six people to life imprisonment for the murder of BNP leader Naeem Sikder Bindu in the capital's Shyampur 22 years ago.

Judge Zakaria Hossain of the Dhaka Special Judges' Court delivered the verdict on Sunday.

The convicts are Shamim Hossain Sikder, Shahidul Islam alias Thotkata Ripon, Shahid alias Driver Shahid, Shahid Hossain alias Senchu, Dulal alias Kala Dulal alias Zakir Hossain, and Aminul Islam.

Driver Shahid died while the trial was under way, a court staff said.

Fakir Zahidul Islam, the court's upper-division bench assistant, confirmed that each convict was also fined Tk 20,000.

Failure to pay the fine will result in an additional year of imprisonment.

Aminul, the only convict pre...