{"id":51383,"date":"2018-01-25T11:24:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T05:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=51383"},"modified":"2018-01-25T11:27:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T05:57:26","slug":"two-maoists-awarded-life-sentence-massacre-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/two-maoists-awarded-life-sentence-massacre-six","title":{"rendered":"Two Maoists awarded life sentence for massacre of six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Maoists.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" data-attachment-id=\"51389\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/two-maoists-awarded-life-sentence-massacre-six\/maoists\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Maoists.jpg?fit=301%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"301,167\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Maoists\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Maoists.jpg?fit=301%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51389\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Maoists.jpg?resize=300%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Maoists.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Maoists.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Maoists.jpg?w=301&amp;ssl=1 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A court here today awarded life sentence to two Maoists in connection with the killing of six persons at a village in the district seven years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Additional District Judge Purushottam Mishra convicted Ravindra Yadav and Musharu Yadav for the massacre that took place in Kareli village on July 02, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The court, however, acquitted three other accused in the case &#8211; Dhirendra Yadav, Rakesh Yadav and Rajram Yadav &#8211; on account of lack of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Kareli village was attacked by a group of around 80 armed members of Communist Party of India (Maoist) who shot dead six villagers and abducted nearly a dozen others.<\/p>\n<p>The abductees were, later, released by the Maoists following a police operation.<\/p>\n<p>An FIR was lodged at the Dharhara police station against 80 persons, out of whom five were arrested while the remaining are yet to be traced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court here today awarded life sentence to two Maoists in connection with the killing of six persons at a village in the district seven years ago. 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