Midnapore, June 16: Eight persons, including a mafia don Basab Rambabu, were today convicted by a court here for murdering Manas Choubey, youngest son of late CPI leader Narayan Choubey at Kharagpur of West Bengal in 1999. Additional sessions judge of Midnapore West district B C Maity convicted the eight under different sections including 302 of IPC and would announce punishment tomorrow.
One accused, Mohan Rao, was acquitted for lack of evidence. According to the prosecution, Manas Choubey was shot dead on Kharagpur Road on June 27 in 1999.
Basab Rambabu is at present undergoing life imprisonment for murdering Manas Choubey's elder brother Gautam on September 11 in 2001. Bureau Report