Mohali, Aug. 5 -- A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Monday sentenced five retired police officials to rigorous life imprisonment in a 1993 fake encounter of seven youths of a Tarn Taran village and described their conduct "morally bankrupt and profoundly inhumane". The court of CBI special judge Baljinder Singh Sra also imposed a fine of Rs.3 lakh on each of the convict.

The court had found them guilty of criminal conspiracy, murder and destruction of evidence under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code on August 1.

The case involved abduction, illegal detention, custodial torture and staged killings of seven youths - including three special police officers (SPOs) - from Rani Willa village in Tarn Taran district.

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