VARANASI, June 14 -- A fast-track court here sentenced all 16 men convicted in the murder case of BJP leader Pashupatinath Singh to life imprisonment on Friday. The court had found them guilty of the murder, which took place in Jaiprakash Nagar area of Varanasi in October 2022, a day ago.

Additional district government counsel Manoj Gupta said, "The Fast-track Court-I of Additional District Judge Kuldeep Singh-II sentenced the 16 convicts to life imprisonment in the case of the murder of BJP leader Pashupatinath Singh."

Singh was killed when he came to the rescue of his son Rajkumar Singh, who was attacked by a group of men as he forbade them to consume liquor near a liquor store in Jaiprakash Nagar area.

The convicts include Vikas Bha...