, May 20 -- A Cox's Bazar court on Wednesday sentenced four people to death and nine others to life imprisonment for killing an army officer during a drive by joint force in Dulahazara area of Chakaria upazila in 2024.

The condemned convicts are Helal Uddin, Nasir Uddin, Morshed Alam and Nurul Amin.

The lifers are Jalal Uddin, Anwar Hakim, Arif Ullah, Ziabul Karim, Ismail Hossain, Enamul Haque, Mohamamd Enam, Md Kamal and Abdul Karim.

Cox's Bazar Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Abul Mansur

Siddique handed down the punishment.

Security was tightened in and around the court premises with additional police and other law enforcement personnel deployed during the announcement of the judgment.

Following the verdict, the co...