Ten sentenced to imprisonment in attempt-to-murder case

An further adjunct sessions tribunal connected Wednesday sentenced 10 BJP workers to imprisonment successful a 2007 attempt-to-murder lawsuit successful which erstwhile municipal councillor and CPI(M) activistic Champadan Rajesh alias Mani of was targeted.

Additional adjunct sessions tribunal justice M. Sruthi pronounced the verdict against 11 accused successful the case. The tribunal awarded a cumulative condemnation of 36.6 years imprisonment but ruled that each convict should acquisition a maximum of 10 years imprisonment. Each accused was besides slapped with a good of ₹1.08 lakh. Half of the full good magnitude volition beryllium paid to Rajesh and the different fractional to his family.

One of the accused, Manoj of Madappeedika, had died.