A court in Kannur district, Kerala, on Thursday sentenced seven RSS-BJP activists to life imprisonment for the 2008 murder of CPI(M) worker K. Latheesh, marking the conclusion of one of north Kerala’s most brutal cases of political violence, reported the IANS.

The Thalassery Additional District and Sessions Court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.40 lakh on each convict. The court awarded cumulative sentences totalling 35 years under four sections of law, to run concurrently, in addition to life imprisonment, the news agency reported.