Mohali, Aug. 2 -- A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Friday convicted five retired Punjab Police officials, including a former senior superintendent of police (SSP) and a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), in a 32-year-old fake encounter case involving the killing of seven youths of Rani Willa village in Tarn Taran district in 1993.

The court found them guilty of criminal conspiracy, murder, destruction of evidence and forgery under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The quantum of the sentence will be pronounced on August 4.

Those convicted include former SSP Bhupinderjit Singh (61), former DSP Davinder Singh (58), former inspector Suba Singh (83), assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) Gulabarg Singh (72) and ...