INDIA: TWO MAOISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH

a local court awarded the death sentence to two Maoists in Chatra district, India. District and Session judge Srikant Rai sentenced Krishna Ganju and Ramdeo Mahato of attacking a police van and killing two policemen on November 24, 1998 at Atampur village. The duo had also burnt the van and looted their rifles.