Five get life sentence in 18-year-old murder case

A retired army jawan and four others were held guilty in an 18 year old murder case by a local court here today which sentenced them to life imprisonment.
According to Shyam Singh Rajput, Assistant District Counsel (Criminal), on December 25, 1997, the accused, former soldier Rakesh Kumar, called one Udal Singh to his home in Hasanpur village, Naujheel area.
Rakesh, along with brother Kaptan Singh, got Udal Singh heavily drunk and shot him in the head. The victim died on the tenth day after being shot.
Udal's family members lodged a police complaint against Veeru, Ashwini and Rakesh Singh (Gram Pradhan at that time) along with the two brothers involved in the murder.

After hearing the two parties, Additional Sessions Judge (I)- AK Gupta held Rakesh Kumar, Veeru, Kaptan, Ashwini and Rakesh Singh guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment besides a fine of five thousand rupees each.