Kolkata, Dec. 23 -- The Ranaghat sub-divisional court in Nadia district of West Bengal awarded life imprisonment till death to three convicts, including the son of a Trinamool Congress leader on Tuesday, in the sensational Hanskhali gangrape and murder case in Nadia district.
The court also sentenced one convict to five years' imprisonment and another to three years' jail.
A day after holding nine accused guilty, the court pronounced the quantum of punishment on Tuesday. As the sentence was read out, members of the victim's family broke down in tears inside the courtroom.
Those awarded life imprisonment are Sohel alias Braj Gayali, son of local Trinamool leader Samarendra Gayali, along with Prabhakar Poddar and Ranjit Mallick.
All three...