Dhaka, May 12 -- A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced three persons to death and six others including a former Union Parishad chairman, to life imprisonment for killing a village doctor in 2019.

Judge of the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunl-1 Rahibul Islam handed down the punishment.

The condemned convicts are-Babul Sardar, Tekon Sardar and Gaziar Sardar of Goalanda upazila in Rajbari district.

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Those who get life imprisonment are-former chairman of Debgram Union Parishad Ator Ali, Raihan Sardar, Habibur Rahman alias Hobi Sardar, Helal Khan, Zillur Rahman and Zia Mandal.

Except Zillur and Zia Mandal, seven convicts were tried in absentia and the court issued arrest warrant...