BIHARSHARIF (BIHAR): A local court here on Monday sentenced 17 people to life imprisonment for killing two persons in Bihar's Nalanda district 11 years ago.

A fast track court headed by Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohan Prasad found them guilty of killing the two following an old enmity.

Siyasadan Yadav and Jatu Yadav were killed at Fatuana village in Nalanda district on August 29, 1996.