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| Brother killed India ex-minister |
| The brother of a senior leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has been found guilty of killing him last year.
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| INDIA
, 18-December-2007
1:53:53 AM |
| A court in the western city of Mumbai said Praveen Mahajan had shot and killed his brother Pramod Mahajan, a former federal minister.
Mr Mahajan is likely to be sentenced on Tuesday, reports say.
Pramod Mahajan died 12 days after being shot at his home in Mumbai in April last year.
Reports say his brother fired three shots at him from a licensed revolver from close range because of a family dispute.
Technocrat
After initially confessing to murdering his brother, Mr Mahajan later denied it in the courts.
Pramod Mahajan, 56, was one of the most recognised political figures in India.
Although he lacked a political base, he was an influential figure in the BJP where he was part of the party's Generation Next - a group of savvy and relatively younger "technocrat" leaders.
A former telecommunications minister, he is credited with bringing about a revolution in the industry.
Judge SP Davre told a crowded courtroom that eye witness accounts from the dead man's wife - who heard her husband ask "what did I do, that I was killed by my brother?" - as he was rushed to hospital could be accepted as evidence.
Correspondents say that Praveen Mahajan is likely to receive a life sentence or the death penalty on Tuesday - even though such sentences are rarely carried out in India.
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