Ranchi: A local court on Friday sentenced 16 persons to life imprisonment for killing Keralite social activist Sister Valsa John in Pakur district four years ago.
District and Sessions Judge Omprakash Srivastav, which convicted them on October 13, delivered the sentence under Indian Penal Code sections 302/149.
The convicted are: Saheb Ram Madaia, Jitan Bagchi, Bablu Murmu, Bablu Murmu (two persons of the same name), Jairam Marandi, Raju Murmu, Suresh Murmu, Paisil Hembram, Prem Turi, Edwin Murmu, Tala Hembram Rakesh Turi, Pradhan Murmu, Ranjan Marandi, Nazir Soren and Munsi Murmu.
Sister Valsa, a native of Vazhakala near Kakkanad in Kochi, was brutally killed around midnight on November 15, 2011 at Kathaldih village under Amrapada police station of the Pakur district.