Chandigarh, Feb. 22 -- Court finds no direct link between shooters and the jailed gangster, who was accused of conspiring the murder.

The local court that sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the 2019 murder of property dealer Sonu Shah in Burail found no evidence linking gangster Lawrence Bishnoi to the shooters, leading to his acquittal.

In the detailed judgment released on Saturday, the court of additional sessions judge Ashwani Kumar noted that while Bishnoi was named in the chargesheet as a conspirator, the complainant's claim about his involvement was based on hearsay.

The prosecution failed to produce any call records, financial trail, recovery, witness testimony or any direct proof of telephonic instructions allegedly i...