Senari massacre: Bihar court awards death penalty to 10, life sentence to 3

A Bihar district court on Tuesday pronounced death sentence to 10 people accused in the Senari massacre case in 1999.

Three convicts were also awarded life sentence, the pronouncement of judgment on two others was withheld for November 18.

The quantum of punishment came out for the 15 people who were convicted in connection with massacre, in which 34 villagers belonging to the upper caste community were killed by Maoists in 1999.

Jehanabad district court on October 27, convicted 15 of the accused and acquitted 23 others.

Chinta Devi, whose husband and son were among those massacred by the MCC, an informer in the case died five years ago.