Chandigarh, Feb. 19 -- Over six years after the broad daylight murder of Sonu Shah, a property dealer, at his office in Chandigarh's Burail village in September 2019, a local court has found three accused guilty of the crime while acquitting gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who was also named in the FIR.

While a detailed order is awaited, the court convicted the trio - Shubham Prajapati, Manjit and Rajan, alias Jaat, - under murder charges. The sentence will be pronounced on February 20.

Rajveer, alias Sonu Shah, a property dealer, was gunned down by four assailants inside his office on September 28, 2019. Shah was shot 10 times while two others, Joginder Phelwan and Rommy, were also injured in the firing. Police had initially alleged that So...