Life term for Bapi killers

Five constables who killed traffic sergeant Bapi Sen on New Year8217;s Eve in 2002 for protesting against their teasing a girl were today sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs 10,000 each. Besides, they will serve another six months in jail for eve-teasing.

The convicted policemen 8212; Mujibur Rehman, Piyush Goswami, Sreedam Bauri, Madhusudan Chakrabarthy and Shekhar Mitra 8212; broke down, as they heard the sentence pronounced by Justice Basudev Majumder.

Defence counsel Tapas Mukherjee said the convicted would move the high court against the judgment.

Sen8217;s family expressed relief on hearing the verdict. 8216;8216;We are happy at the punishment meted out to the five men,8217;8217; Sen8217;s elder brother, Anup Sen, told The Indian Express.