Chandigarh, Feb. 21 -- A local court in Chandigarh has sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the broad daylight murder of a property dealer in Burail village in 2019.

The property dealer, Rajveer alias Sonu Shah, was at his office when four assailants had stormed in and fired 10 shots, killing him on the spot. Two others, Joginder Phelwan and Rommy, were also injured in the firing.

The court found the trio of Shubham Prajapati, Manjit and Rajan alias Jaat, guilty of the murder while gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who had earlier been charged with criminal conspiracy, was acquitted by the court.

In all, eight persons, including Bishnoi, had been nominated as accused in the case. The charges were framed in 2022.

Prajapati, a national...