Almost eight months after a 72-year-old man and his 40-year-old son were brutally hacked to death by a mob during a protest against the Centre’s new Waqf law, a court in Murshidabad on Monday convicted 13 men of mob lynching.

Judge Amitabh Mukhopadhyay of Jangipur Sub-Divisional Court will pronounce the sentence on Tuesday.

On April 11 this year, as the protest against the new Waqf law turned violent in the Samshergunj area of Murshidabad, a mob lynched Hargobind Das and his son Chandan Das.

One more person was killed in the communal violence.

The district police formed an SIT to probe into the murders, and 13 people, including neighbours of the Das family, were arrested.

In its 983-page chargesheet, police said the accused broke open the door of the Das family house and dragged the father and son out before hacking them to death on the street.

All the 13 people arrested by the police have been convicted under BNS sections 103(2), 310(2), 331(5), 191(3), 115(2), 126(2), 332(a), and 3(5).

They are Dildar Nadab, Asmaul Nadab, Inzamul Haq, Ziaul Haq, Fekharul Sheikh, Aazfarul Sheikh, Munirul Sheikh, Iqbal Sheikh, Nurul Sheikh, Saba Karim, Hazrat Sheikh, Akbar Ali, and Yusuf Sheikh.

Public Prosecutor Sameer Chattopadhyay said two of the sections under which they have been convicted are punishable by death.

The Das family has sought maximum punishment for the convicts.

“On the testimony of several witnesses, forensic report, police investigation report and other evidence, the court has proved the charges against the 13 accused,” the public prosecutor said.