DHAKA: The High Court Thursday upheld a lower court verdict that awarded death penalty to two people and different terms of imprisonment to 10 others for killing seven people in Lalbagh of the capital.

Divisionl bench of Justice Kamrul Hassan Siddique and Justice AKM Johirul Haque passed the order.

Defense lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told banglanews that the HC upheld sentence given by lower court to 12 people for killing seven people in Lalbagh. But the court remitted TK 5000 financial penalty of death-row convicts.

According to the case statement, some BNP supporters attacked on the victory procession of AL-backed candidate in the DCC commissioner election on January 31, 1994.

Six were killed and several others injured in the attack.

BDST: 1412 HRS, JUL 24, 2014