Kannur, March 25 -- A Kerala court on Monday sentenced eight Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers to life imprisonment for the 2005 murder of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary in Kannur district.
The Thalassery district sessions court in Kannur handed life terms to eight people and fined them Rs.50,000 each. "Convicts 2-9 have been given life sentences and fines of Rs.50,000 each. Convicts 2-6 have additionally been sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment and fines of Rs.25,000 each for charges under the Arms Act. The sentences will run concurrently," special prosecutor Premarajan said, adding that another convict was sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment and was fined Rs.25,000. On Friday, the court foun...