SASARAM, March 10 -- A Sasaram court sentenced seven brothers to rigorous life imprisonment in a 12-year-old case involving the brutal murder of a college staff member. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.20,000 on each of the convicts, along with an additional three months' imprisonment if they fail to pay the fine, officials said on Tuesday.

Additional public prosecutor (APP) Raj Kishor Vishwakarma said the court of 10th district and additional sessions Judge Umesh Rai found the accused - Rangeela Pal, Ravindra Pal, Virendra Pal, Yogendra Pal, Rajendra Pal, Ramesh Pal, and Umesh Pal, residents of Chitandihra village under Kochas police station - guilty of brutally assaulting and killing their co-villager Ambika Pal, a peon at a reputed...