18 get life imprisonment for killing man

A court at Kalna in Bardhaman district today sentenced 18 people to life-long imprisonment for killing a man 20 years ago.

Fast Track Court Judge Akilesh Kumar Pandey sentenced the 18 people to life-long imprisonment for killing Haji Sobur Ali Sheikh on the night of April 22, 1993.

According to prosecution, Sheikh was sleeping in his house when a group of miscreants, who entered the house with the motive of dacoity, attacked him and killed him in front of his wife.