Nagpur: The four killers of engineering student Monica Kirnapure, who was murdered because of mistaken identity on March 11, 2011, were sentenced to life in prison by a court here in Maharashtra on Tuesday.

Kunal Jaiswal, Pradeep Sahare, Umesh Marathe and Shrikant Sonekar were convicted for killing the 23-year-old Monica. Special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam had demanded the death penalty for the accused, including a teacher, from additional sessions judge M.W. Chandwani.