PATNA, Sept. 11 -- A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Muzaffarpur on Wednesday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the 2016 murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan. Ranjan, Siwan bureau chief of Hindi daily Hindustan, was shot dead at a fruit market in Siwan town on May 13, 2016. Following a request from his wife, the Bihar government transferred the case to the CBI on May 17 that year. The special CBI court, presided over by Additional District Judge-3 Namita Singh, pronounced judgment against Vijay Kumar Gupta, Sonu Kumar Gupta, and Rohit Kumar Soni, while acquitting Laddan, Rishu Jaiswal, and Rajesh Kumar, CBI defence lawyer Sharad Sinha told reporters during a press briefing. Among the acquitted was Azharuddin Baig, alias Laddan Mian, said to be a close associate of late RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin, reportedly due to lack of sufficient evidence....