India, Aug. 31 -- A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar on Saturday convicted three accused in the 2016 murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan, and acquitted three others, including Azharuddin Baig, alias Laddan Mian, who is said to be a close associate of late RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin, due to lack of evidence, lawyers present at the hearing said.

They added that the quantum of punishment is likely to be pronounced on September 10.

Ranjan, Siwan bureau chief of Hindi daily Hindustan, was shot dead at a fruit market in Siwan town on May 13, 2016. On the request of his wife, the Bihar government transferred the case to CBI on May 17 that year.

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