UP panchayat poll violence: 2 sentenced to life for murder

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Sep 1 (PTI) A local court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for murdering a youth during the 2010 panchayat poll in Uttar Pradesh.Additional district sessions judge Umesh

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Sep 1 (PTI) A local court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for murdering a youth during the 2010 panchayat poll in Uttar Pradesh.

Additional district sessions judge Umesh Chandra also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 each on the convicts — Tehran and his nephew Ikram.

The duo shot dead Abid when he protested against alleged irregularities at a polling booth at Jahanpura village under Kairana police station of Shamli district on October 14, 2010.

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