AMN / WEB DESK
A CBI Special Court at Ernakulam in Kerala today sentenced ten CPI-M activists to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of two Youth Congress workers — Sharathlal and Kripesh, at Periya in Kasaragod district in 2019. A fine of one lakh rupees each was also imposed on them.
Four other convicts, including former CPI-M MLA K V Kunhiraman, were sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000.
The Court last month had found 14 persons guilty of murdering the Youth Congress workers and had acquitted 10 others in the case.
The murder was widely condemned, while the LDF-led state government strongly resisted the move to hand over the case to the CBI.