Forty years on, four Ananda Margis held guilty of murdering Railway Minister L N Mishra

A Delhi court on Monday found guilty all four accused in the murder of former Railway Minister LN Mishra at a function in Bihar nearly 40 years ago.

The quantum of punishment will be announced on December 15.

District judge Vinod Goel said Dwivedi and three other Ananda Marga group members accused in the case– Santoshananda Avadhuta, Sudevananda Avadhuta and Gopalji — had conspired to explode a bomb at the January 2, 1975 function attended by Mishra at Samastipur railway station.

Over 200 witnesses, including 161 prosecution witnesses and more than 40 defence witnesses, were examined in the case.