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Shibu Soren gets life imprisonment

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Chief Shibu Soren was awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi Court in the Shashi Nath Jha murder case on Tuesday.

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NEW DELHI: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Chief Shibu Soren was awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi Court in the Shashi Nath Jha murder case here on Tuesday.
 
Soren, who was brought from Tihar Jail, looked pale and was shocked on hearing the sentence.
 
Only a few journalists were able to get into the courtroom as the court staff on instructions from the judge closed the entry point.
 
The former Union minister was sentenced for his role in a conspiracy to kidnap and murder his former private secretary 12 years ago.   
 
Soren was coal minister in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet until last week.
 
He quit after a Delhi city court convicted him along with four others, making him the first Indian minister to be held guilty in a murder case.   
 
Soren, 62, is a tribal leader and represents the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, a regional party and ally of the ruling Congress Party.
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