Mohali, March 22 -- Five years after two men beat a labourer to death in New Chandigarh in January 2021, a Justice Mohali court has sentenced them to seven years of rigourous imprisonment for the crime.

The court held that repeated kicks to the victim's genitals led to a fatal physiological shock even though no external injuries were found on the body.

The convicts, Patwari Hansda and Kamal Kishore Hansda, were tried for the death of Mohammad Iliyas Ali, a labourer living in a slum area near Omaxe at Salamatpur, New Chandigarh.

According to the prosecution, the incident took place on January 1, 2021, around 9 pm, when the victim and his relative were returning after making purchases.

The accused stopped them, abused them and began ass...