<p>A local court on Monday awarded life sentence to four persons for the murder of a coal trader in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh in 2009.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Two other accused were given five years in jail by a session court at Ambikapur, the district headquarter.<br /><br />The court found Sunil Paswan, Siddhkant Tiwari and Abhishek Singh guilty of murdering the coal trader, Gowardhan Agrawal, and sentenced them to life imprisonment, he said.<br />“Besides, the court awarded five years in jail to two of their associates, Satish Tripathi and Ganeshdutt Mishra, while another one Akhileshwar Singh was acquitted,” he said.<br /><br />The Court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on the six convicts. According to police, Agrawal was shot dead in October 2009 at Ambikpaur. The accused were arrested one month after the crime.<br /><br />The accused had demanded extortion money from the businessman and killed him when he refused to pay, inspector J S Saggu, investigating officer in the case, said.</p>
<p>A local court on Monday awarded life sentence to four persons for the murder of a coal trader in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh in 2009.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Two other accused were given five years in jail by a session court at Ambikapur, the district headquarter.<br /><br />The court found Sunil Paswan, Siddhkant Tiwari and Abhishek Singh guilty of murdering the coal trader, Gowardhan Agrawal, and sentenced them to life imprisonment, he said.<br />“Besides, the court awarded five years in jail to two of their associates, Satish Tripathi and Ganeshdutt Mishra, while another one Akhileshwar Singh was acquitted,” he said.<br /><br />The Court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on the six convicts. According to police, Agrawal was shot dead in October 2009 at Ambikpaur. The accused were arrested one month after the crime.<br /><br />The accused had demanded extortion money from the businessman and killed him when he refused to pay, inspector J S Saggu, investigating officer in the case, said.</p>