Two sentenced to life term for murder of fruit seller over unpaid loan

THANE: (Mar 19) A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of a fruit seller in Mira Road area in 2017 over a monetary dispute.

Additional Sessions Judge D S Deshmukh also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on the accused duo Sunilkumar Bituli Rajak (45) from Mira Road and Sudipkumar Raju Ravidas (33) from Jharkhand after finding them guilty of criminal conspiracy and murder.

The court, however, acquitted two other accused, Umesh Raju Ravidas and Ashishkumar Tilak Bhuiya, both from Jharkhand, citing lack of evidence.