5 get life imprisonment for murdering junior engineer in Bihar

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Press Trust of India Sheikhpura (Bihar)
Last Updated : Jul 22 2019 | 8:21 PM IST

A court here sentenced on Monday five persons to life imprisonment for killing a junior engineer two years ago.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Gyanendra Kumar Srivastava also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convicts -- Balmukund Yadav, Sunil Kumar, Nandan Kumar, Dharmendra Paswan and Raju Kumar.

Additional Public Prosecutor Shambhu Singh said junior engineer Ujjwal Raj was shot dead in broad daylight in Sheikhpura on January 17, 2017.

Five persons were named in the FIR, he said.

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First Published: Jul 22 2019 | 8:21 PM IST

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