, Oct. 15 -- A Kishoreganj court on Wednesday sentenced a former union parishad (UP) member to life imprisonment for killing a businessman in Tarail upazila of Kishoreganj.

Judge Muhammad Nurul Amin Biplob of Kishoreganj District and Sessions Judge Court pronounced the judgment in presence of the accused.

The lifer, Islam Uddin, was fined Tk 10,000, in default, he will have to serve six months more in jail.

He was a former UP member of Ward No. 4 in Dhala Union.

According to the case details, businessman Kamrul Islam of Uttar Dhala Chokbari and former UP member Islam Uddin locked into altercation over debt on February 15, 2018.

During the altercation, Islam Uddin stabbed Kamrul Islam.

When Kamrul's nephew, Anwar Fakir aka Anar, 37, ...