A Khulna tribunal today sentenced eight people to death in a case filed over the murder of army personnel Md Saiful Islam Saif in Jhenaidah.

Judge Md Nazrul Islam Hawlader of Khulna Speedy Trial Tribunal delivered the verdict, Public Prosecutor of Judicial Magistrate Court Advocate Ahaduzzaman told The Daily Star.

The accused are Akimul Islam, Md Motiar Rahman Foney, Md Mizanur Rahman alias Mizan, Md Abbas Ali, Md Abul Kashem, Md Faruk Hossain, Md Muktar Hossain alias Muktar and Dalim Mollah. 

Among them, Motiar Rahman, Muktar and Dalim are on the run.

Saiful, who was working as a soldier at Medical Training Centre of Tangail Salauddin Cantonment, was murdered when he was visiting Jhenaidah a day before Eid on August 18, 2018.