Barpeta (Assam), Sep 16 (PTI) A court in Assam's Barpeta district on Saturday sentenced six people to life imprisonment for murdering a man a year-and-a-half ago.

Barpeta Additional District and Sessions Judge Narayan Kuri found the six people guilty of murdering Rubul Haque, a resident of Bandali area, on April 16 last year, his family's advocate Jyoti Prasad Das said.

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Haque's girlfriend had rejected the love interest expressed by one of the convicts, who later conspired with his associates and killed him.

The case was taken up in a fast-track court, with the officer-in-charge of Tarabari police station submitting the chargesheet within 90 days.

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The convicts are Inzamamul Khan, Saiful Islam, Darog Ali, Lal Mahmud, Badshah Fakir and Faridul Islam.

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