INDIA: DEATH FOR THREE IN LAHSUNA MASSACRE

a Fast Track court in Patna, India, sentenced three members of an outlawed organisation to death in connection with the Lahsuna massacre around four years ago. Judge Om Prakash pronounced the judgement against Surjeet Singh, alias Lathi Singh, Arvind Singh and Manoj Singh, after they were found guilty of killing four people at Lahsuna village under Masaurhi police station in Patna district. The convicts were found guilty under various sections of the Indian Penal Code relating to murder, possession of illegal firearms and also dealing with activities of an outlawed organisation. According to the charges, a group of villagers owing allegiance to an outlawed organisation attacked Lahsuna village on May 18, 2004, and gunned down four people. The victims were Uday Paswan, Naga Paswan, Vijay Paswan and Sarwan Paswan.