, Aug. 17 -- A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced five people to death and four others to life imprisonment unto death for killing Dr Narayan Chandra Datta (Nitai), assistant professor of National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH) in Mohakhali area of the capital in 2012.

Judge of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-10 Md Rezaul Karim handed down the punishment.

The condemned convicts were identified as Quamrul, Bakul Mia, Mintu alias Bargira Mintu alias Masum Mintu, Hasan Miji, Syed Bepari alias Abu Sayed.

The court also fined them Tk 10,000 each.

The lifers were identified as Saidul, Masum, Abul Kalam and Foysal. The court also fined them Tk 10,000, each.

The court also sentenced life imprisonment to another accused id...