Itahari, Mar. 26 : Three persons associated with the cpn (maoists) and All Nepal National Free Students Union (annfsu) and involved in terrorists activities have been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

The single bench of the district court, Sunsari, Ekaraj Acharya, awarded the punishment on March 22 on  the basis of the evidences against the accused.

The three of them were remanded to judicial custody at the Biratnagar jail for crime against the state.

Among the three, Kiran Rai was involved in an explosion at Bhojpur and Geeta Subba was arrested for possessing arms and explosives at Dharan.

Likewise, Omprakash Dhakal and Dhyan Bahadur Rai who were detained at Dhankuta prison have been acquitted for lack of sufficient evidences against them, it is learnt from the court.