2 sentenced to seven years in jail for abduction, murder

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Press Trust of India Muzaffarnagar
Last Updated : Apr 13 2015 | 5:48 PM IST
A court here has sentenced two persons to seven years in prison and acquitted nine others in a 12-year-old case of murder and kidnapping.
Fast track court Judge Shyam Kumar also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on the two convicts Ikram and Abbas, said District Assistant Government counsel Sajid Rana.
Nine other accused, including alleged gangster Sanjiv Jiva, were acquitted by the court for want of evidence.
On November 2, 2002, 14-year-old Pratik Diwan, son of Kolkata-based trader Rajesh Diwan was abducted for ransom and driver of his car was shot dead near here while they were going to Delhi from Dehradun.
The abductors had demanded Rs two crore for the release of Pratik. The body of the driver, Tamesh Khurana, was thrown in Khatoli area of the district.
Police had launched an operation and rescued Pratik. Ikram and Abbas were arrested then.
During the course of probe, several names of notorious criminals including gangster Sanjiv Jiva had surfaced.
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First Published: Apr 13 2015 | 5:48 PM IST

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