Three get life term for killing farmer in Muzaffarnagar

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffaranagar has sentenced three persons to life imprisonment for killing a farmer over a dispute seven years ago.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Veer Nayak Singh found Somvir, Javed and Kukku guilty of murder and slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on each of them.

According to government lawyer Jitender Tyagi, the farmer, Israr, was shot dead over a money dispute in his field in Chokra village in May 2012.