Dhaka, Aug. 18 -- A court in Chattogram on Monday sentenced three people to death for killing covered van driver Md Sajib, 27, and concealing his body in the city's Pahartali area.

The court also fined each of the convicts Tk 50,000.

Judge Md Tajul Islam of the Fifth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court of Chattogram pronounced the verdict around noon.

The convicts are Md Nurul Amin of Baniachong in Habiganj, Md Shahjahan of Debidwar in Cumilla and Md Nurul Alam Tutul of Sadar upazila in Feni.

Court Bench Assistant SM Kawsar Sagar confirmed the matter.

Nurul Amin and Shahjahan are absconding, and the court issued arrest warrants against them. Tutul was sent to jail under a conviction warrant following the verdict.

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