UP panchayat poll violence: 2 sentenced to life for murder

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Press Trust of India Muzaffarnagar (UP)
Last Updated : Sep 01 2017 | 2:22 PM IST
A local court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for murdering a youth during the 2010 panchayat poll in Uttar Pradesh.
Additional district sessions judge Umesh Chandra also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 each on the convicts -- Tehran and his nephew Ikram.
The duo shot dead Abid when he protested against alleged irregularities at a polling booth at Jahanpura village under Kairana police station of Shamli district on October 14, 2010.

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First Published: Sep 01 2017 | 2:22 PM IST

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