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Ambikarpur's jeep killers get life sentence

Four youths, accused of crushing a college girl to death under their jeep in Ambikapur in Madhya Pradesh, were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday by a sessions court.

Preeti Shrivastav, a student of Government Girls College, Ambikapur was crushed to death in full view of several students on the college campus in December 1998.

Sessions judge A S Naidu also fined Samarvijay Singh, Javed Ali, Rajkumar Tiwari and Ganesh Kashyap Rs 1,000 each.

Another accused, Ranvijay Singh, father of Samarvijay Singh, however, was acquitted. Ranvijay Singh owned the jeep used in the crime.

A huge crowd had gathered at the court to hear the judgement.

The Preeti Shrivastav murder case had rocked the state just days before the Digvijay Singh government was sworn in for a second term. The Bharatiya Janata Party had accused the state government of trying to hush up the matter

Subsequently, a house committee was formed to conduct an in-depth enquiry into the matter. The committee in its reports had questioned role of the district administration, college principal and the police in the case.

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