Sylhet: A court in Sylhet on Sunday sentenced four people to death, one to life time imprisonment and five others to different terms of imprisonment for killing teenage boy Samiul Alam Rajon.

The court also acquitted three others as allegations brought against them were not proved.

The four death sentenced are Kamrul Islam, son of late Abdul Malek of Kumargaon Sheikhpara in Sylhet Sadar upazila, Pavel Islam, Moyna Miah alias Bara Moyna and Taj Uddin Badal.

Nur Ahmed alias Nur Miah was given life time imprisonment.

The three getting seven years jail are Muhidul Islam, Ali Haidar, and Shamim Alam.

Two other accused­–Ayaz Ali and Dulal Ahmed–were jailed for one year.

Firoz Miah, Asmot Ali alias Ajmot Ullah and Ruhul Amin were acquitted from the case.

Earlier, on 27 October, Sylhet Metropolitan Session’s Judge Akbar Hossain Mridha fixed the verdict date on completion of placing arguments in the case.

On 25 October, all the arrested accused in the sensational murder case pleaded not guilty before the court. They claimed themselves innocent when the judge read out charges brought against them before them.

A total of 36 witnesses made their depositions before the court from 1 October till 18 October in connection with the Rajon murder.

Following a petition filed by accused Kamrul Islam, the court on 20 October allowed cross-examination of 11 witnesses. The defence lawyers cross-examined them the following day.

On 8 July, 13-year-old boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon, son of Sheikh Azizur Rahman of Badeali village in Sadar upazila, was brutally tortured to death over a theft at Sundar Ali Market in Kumargaon area of the city.

The killers themselves took the video footage of the incident. The video clip went viral on social networking site Facebook and video-sharing site Youtube which triggered a widespread outcry.

The investigation officer of the case submitted charge sheet accusing 13 people on 16 August before the court in Sylhet.

The accused are Kamrul Islam, son of late Abdul Malek of Kumargaon Sheikhpara in Sylhet Sadar upazila, his brother Muhit Alam, Ali Haidar alias Ali, Shamim Alam, Pavel Islam, Moyna Miah alias Bara Moyna, Nur Ahmed alias Nur Miah, Dulal Ahmed, Ayaz Ali, Taj Uddin Badal, Firoz Maih, Asmot Ali alias Asmot Ullah and Ruhul Amin alias Ruhel.

On 15 October, fugitive accused Kamrul was brought home from Saudi Arabia. Later, a court sent him to jail when he was produced before the court on the following day.

Kamrul Islam, 24, had fled to Saudi Arabia after the incident where he was held by local Bangladeshis and then handed over to Jeddah police.