In a landmark verdict, the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court

In a landmark verdict, the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court sentenced three ex-policemen of the capital's Pallabi Police Station to life imprisonment and two other accused to seven years' in jail in the case filed over the custodial death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny, who was tortured and killed in police custody in 2014. The three policemen are former sub-inspector Jahidur Rahman, and former assistant sub-inspectors Qamruzzaman Mintu and Rashedul Islam. Of them, Jahid is in jail, Rashed is out on bail while Mintu is on the run.