UP: Two men get life imprisonment for killing bridegroom during wedding procession

UP: Two men get life imprisonment for killing bridegroom during wedding procession

UP: Two men get life imprisonment for killing bridegroom during wedding procession

AZAMGARH (UP): A court here on Monday sentenced two persons to life imprisonment in connection with the killing of a bridegroom during his wedding procession over four years ago.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on each of the two convicts -- Amit Kumar Sonkar and Shah Qamar.

Elaborating on the incident, a government advocate said that during Sumit Gupta's wedding procession at Lalganj town in Azamgarh on the evening of February 4, 2020, two bike-borne assailants shot dead the bridegroom.