A court in Uttar Pradesh has sentenced three people to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of a former village head.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Nitin Pandey on March 301 held Satiram, Pradeep and Dharamveer guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment. He also imposed a fine of ₹5,000 on each of them, said prosecution advocate Ashok Kumar Singh on March 31.
On January 18, 2018, Sarman Singh (63), the former head of Gauhari village in the Chhata area, was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants near Doutana turn on the Delhi-Agra highway, the prosecution advocate said.