National News

In a landmark verdict, the West Rukum District Court on Tuesday sentenced 24 individuals to life imprisonment on murder charges, and two others to two years in prison and a fine of Rs50,000 each on charges of practicing caste-based discrimination and untouchability. A single bench of Judge Khadga Bahadur KC of the district court gave the sentencing about the killing of six youths in Chaurjahari Municipality of West Rukum in 2020. The bench added two more years to the life sentences of all 24 convicts and a fine of Rs50,000 each. The fines accumulated from the convicts will be provided to the victims’ families, according to police.