Court sentences 19 to life imprisonment

Justice Manas Basu of the Fast Track court, Rampurhat, convicted 20 people for the murder of Dost Mohammed on October 5, 2002.

One of them, a minor, was sent before the Juvenile Justice Board.

According to the prosecution, Mohammad was attacked when he was at a tea-stall with his brother Bajle Rehman in Kamarkhur village of Murarai.

While Bajle managed to escape, the convicts hurled bombs at the victim and injured him with a sharp weapon.

He was taken to Murarai hospital in critical condition where the doctors declared him dead.

Altogether 22 people had been arrested in the case with two acquitted later.