A Kolkata court on Tuesday ordered death sentence for eight persons in connection with murder of a
college student.
Sourav Chowdhury a college student and a reported follower of the BJP from Bamungachi in North 24 Parganas was murdered on July 5, 2014 — and his body was thrown on the railway tracks to be sliced into pieces by moving trains — as he had protested against running of liquor and drug dens allegedly under the patronage of some local Trinamool leaders.
Following mass protest 13 people including local hooch kingpin Shyamal Karmakar were arrested while one remain at large. The court earlier found 12 of
those arrested guilty while one person was set free for want of evidence.
Out of the 12 convicted persons eight were given death sentence while the rest were awarded various terms. Barely a few months ago a Kolkata Court had ordered death sentence for five accused in the infamous Kamduni gang-rape and murder case.