India, March 4 -- The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mohali on Monday held two former Tarn Taran police officials, including then station house officer (SHO) guilty of killing two persons in a fake encounter in the Bhagupura area of Patti in 1993.

The CBI special court of Rakesh Kumar Gupta convicted Sita Ram, 80, then Patti SHO, and constable Raj Pal, 57, then posted at the same police station.

CBI's public prosecutor Anmol Narang said that Sita Ram was convicted under Section 302 (murder), 201 (act of destroying evidence of a crime or giving false information to shield an offender) and 218 (a public servant who intentionally creates an incorrect record or writing) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Rajpal was c...