A court in Bihar’s Darbhanga district today awarded rigorous life imprisonment to 13 persons and imposed a penalty of Rs 21,000 on each after finding them guilty of killing a villager three years ago.
Additional Districts and Sessions Judge (ADJ) – IV Brajesh Kumar Malviya passed the order convicting all 13 in the murder of Mahavir Yadav.
According to the Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Anil Kumar Singh, Yadav was hacked to death in gruesome manner by the convicts Ram Shobhit Yadav and others while he was returning to his house in Baggha village on July 27, 2013.
Property dispute was stated to be the motive behind Yadav’s murder.
The victim’s elder brother, Jaiveer Yadav, had lodged an FIR against 13 persons charging them with the murder of his younger brother.
( Source – PTI )
