New Delhi - An Indian court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced six people to death for killing four members of a low-caste Dalit family in the western state of Maharashtra.

The court in the eastern Bhandara district also sentenced two other defendants to life imprisonment for the murders that took place in the Khairlanji village in September
2006.

Judge SS Das accepted public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam's plea for capital punishment for the men who beat to death the wife and three children of a farmer, Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange, over a land dispute. Bhotmange managed to escape and survived.

But the court noted that the prosecution could not produce evidence to conclusively prove that it caste was a motive for the attack.

The government is expected to declare Raigad as 'green zone'. The Congress-Democratic Front government has chalked out a new plan to deal with the resentment among the farmers who’s land is acquired for SEZ project. It is recalled that the farmers are not in favor of Mukesh Ambani's multicrore SEZ project.

A senior congress minister said that they are waiting for the report of collector of Raigad, Nipun Vinayak. The government would stop all development activities in the region following the opposite verdict of the collector. He also assured that the land should not be used for commercial purposes. The collector is expected to submit its report within a week.

The government is expected to declare Raigad as 'green zone'. The Congress-Democratic Front government has chalked out a new plan to deal with the resentment among the farmers who’s land is acquired for SEZ project. It is recalled that the farmers are not in favor of Mukesh Ambani's multicrore SEZ project.

A senior congress minister said that they are waiting for the report of collector of Raigad, Nipun Vinayak. The government would stop all development activities in the region following the opposite verdict of the collector. He also assured that the land should not be used for commercial purposes. The collector is expected to submit its report within a week.

Hyderabad-based Maytas Infra Ltd has secured two orders worth Rs 480.67 crore for electrification of Beed and Nanded districts of Lathur Zone, and Ahmednagar district of Nashik Zone from MSEDCL under ‘Infrastructure Development Plan’.

The company has bagged first order worth Rs 214.77 crore, from MSEDCL under Mahavitaran, Infra Plan in Beed & Nanded Districts of Lathur Zone.

While, the second order, valued at Rs 265.9 crore has been picked from MSEDCL under Mahavitaran, Infra Plan in Ahmed Nagar District of Nasik Zone.

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Khairlanji (Maharashtra), Sept 15 : A fasttrack sessions court in Bhandara on Monday held eight of the accused in the Khairlanji massacre in which eleven men were charged with the crime of brutally murdering four members of a Dalit family in 2006.

However, the court acquitted three others and deferred the pronouncement of the quantum of the sentence. Hearing in the case will be resumed from September 20.