<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A Dhaka tribunal on Thursday sentenced thee people to life imprisonment in a case filed over killing famous Bangladeshi film actor of the ‘90s Sohel Chowhdhury.</span><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The convicts are, businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai , Afakul Islam alias Bunty Islam, owner of Trumps Club and Adnana Siddique.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Judge of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 Arunav Chakroborty handed down the judgment. All the convicts are on the run.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The court also acquitted six others as allegations brought against them could not be proved.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On December 19, 1998, actor Sohel was shot dead by some terrorists in front of Trumps Club in Abedin Tower at city’s Banani Road-17.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A murder case was filed in this regard at Gulshan police station by Sohels’ brother Towhidul Islam Chowdhury.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On July 30,1999, Abul Kashem Bepari, Additional police Commissioner of Detective Police, submitted a charge sheet&nbsp; against nine people in this case.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On October 30, 2001, Dhaka’s third additional metropolitan session judge court framed charges against the nine accused.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After two years of framing charges the case was transferred to Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-2, reports UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The trial in the case remained suspended for 20 years as the High Court stayed the trial proceeding following a petition filed by one of the accused in 2003.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>