Rohtak, March 17 -- A local court in Jind on Monday sentenced 11 persons to life imprisonment for murdering 54-year-old cement trader on September 23, 2021, and injuring his nephew outside their office in Jind.

According to Jind police, three armed assailants had shot dead the trader Shyam Sundar and injured his nephew Honey, who came to save him. Police said that the trader was killed a day before he had to appear in Jind court as a witness in connection with bullets fired at his brother (Honey's father), who had a narrow escape in 2016.

Additional district and sessions judge Jaibir Singh convicted 11 accused- Naresh, Dharmender, Baljit, Roshan, Jagdish, Pradeep alias Gatha, Manjeet alias Bantu, Pawan, Sachin alias Gandhi, Rajesh alias...