This Article is From Aug 24, 2010

Man, son get life term for killing teacher

Muzaffarnagar: A local court has sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for killing a college teacher in Muzaffarnagar.

The District Judge Maranant Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the accused Shobharam and his son Jitendra yesterday after holding them guilty, according to assistant government council Ronak Ali Zaidi.

Chohal Singh, a college teacher, was shot dead on Januray 1, 2005, by three persons when the victim refused to sell his land to them.

A case was filed by the police against Shobharam and his two sons Jitendra and Satendra in this connection. Satendra was later killed in a police encounter.

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