Twenty-five workers of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) were sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday in the murder of two Sunni brothers at Kallankuzhi, Kanhurapuzha, in Palakkad district.
Additional District and Sessions Court IV judge T.H. Rajita also slapped a fine of ₹1 lakh on each of the 25 accused. Although she sentenced the accused to two life-terms in two murders, the term will run concurrently .
It was on the night of November 20, 2013 that brothers Kunhi Hamza, 48, and Nooruddin, 42, were hacked to death. Their elder brother Kunhumohammed, 66, was also injured in the attack, but he survived. Ninety witnesses, including Mr. Kunhumohammed, had appeared before the court.
