New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- A West Bengal court on Tuesday sentenced 13 people to life imprisonment in connection with the brutal mob lynching of a father and son in Samsherganj, marking a significant conviction under India's new criminal laws. The verdict comes nine months after the double murder.

According to a post by the West Bengal Police on X (formerly Twitter), the incident occurred on April 12 in Jafarabad village under the Samsherganj Police Station in the Jangipur police district. The victims, Haragobinda Das and his son Chandan Das, were allegedly attacked and killed by a mob in a violent incident that raised concerns over communal tension and law and order.

Following the killings, the state police constituted a Special Investigati...