Congress MLA Savna Lakra and three others were on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment by a local court in a case of kidnapping and murder of a youth who was in love with Lakra’s niece. District and sessions judge S S Kazmi had convicted Lakra, his bodyguard Janak Mahato, driver Gopi Kashyap and his associate Dinesh Lakra in the abduction and murder case of Avinash Tiwari on Monday. Avinash, who was in love with Lakra’s niece, had gone missing on way from Garhwa to Ranchi by train on 24 April, 2011. Avinash’s father lodged an FIR against the MLA of Khijri and the other three, after his son’s bullet-ridden bodyw as found.