Meerut, Aug. 2 -- A Bulandshahr court on Friday sentenced five men to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh during the 2018 mob violence that erupted under the Syana police station limits of the district following the discovery of cow carcasses at Mahaw village.

Thirty-three others were awarded seven years' imprisonment each for rioting and related offences.

Special government counsel Yashpal Singh Raghav said, "Arguments over the quantum of punishment were carried out. In the evening, the court of additional district and sessions judge Gopal Ji sentenced five convicts to life imprisonment. The remaining 33 were sentenced to seven years in jail. Penalties have also been imposed on the accused." ...