Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 26 -- Two CPI(M) activists, including a current candidate for municipal polls in Payyanur in Kerala's Kannur district, were sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years of combined imprisonment in a case of hurling bombs at a police vehicle in 2012.

The Taliparamba Additional Sessions Court convicted VK Nishad, currently an LDF candidate in the Mattammal ward in Payyanur municipality, and TCV Nandakumar for charges including attempt to murder and offences under the Explosives Act.

Both have to serve a combined 20 years and since the sentences run concurrently, they will have to stay in jail for at least 10 years each.

They have also been imposed fines of Rs.2.5 lakh each. If they fail to pay the fine, they will have to ser...