BATHINDA, March 17 -- A sessions court in Bathinda has awarded life imprisonment to 28-year-old Jaspreet Singh for the 2018 murder of a 16-year-old boy from Rampura town in the district.

Victim Khushant Garg, a Class 11 student, was kidnapped by his Facebook friend Jaspreet and a juvenile from Ludhiana for a Rs.2 crore ransom.

Convicts had killed Khushant while they were negotiating the ransom amount. Both were arrested by the police with the cash within hours of the kidnapping.

Duo had slit Khushant's throat and dumped his body in Rampura.

Additional district and sessions judge Rajesh Kumar pronounced the judgment on March 10, in which Jaspreet was convicted on the charges of kidnapping and murder of Khushant.

The court sentenced Ja...