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AGARTALA: Editor-cum-proprietor of a local Bengali daily, Sushil Chowdhury, who was pronounced guilty in a triple murder case by a local court, was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment till the last day of his life with the judge noting that it was a ‘rarest of the rare case’.

The 76-year-old editor of ‘Dainik Ganadoot’ was present in court when the order was read out.

Special public prosecutor Dilip Sarkar, while initiating the hearing, sought capital punishment for Chowdhury for his direct involvement in the crime. (PTI)

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