42-year-old woman, her accomplice sentenced to death for man's murder in UP

A local court in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday sentenced two people including a 42yearold woman to death in connection with a 10monthold murder case from Nanmai village under the jurisdiction of Karhal Police Station in Mainpuri districtThe court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on each convict while acquitting one accused owing to lack of sufficient evidence government counsel Rakesh Gupta saidHe explained that witness testimonies and documentary evidence were presented before Additional District and Sessions Judge Jahendra Pal Singh According to news agency PTI after considering the evidence and hearing arguments from both sides the court convicted the woman Manu and Abhay alias Bhura 28 and sentenced them to deathThe judge ordered that the convicts be hanged by the neck till death Gupta addedHowever the court acquitted another accused Rishi owing to insufficient evidence PTI reportedAccording to the prosecution a resident of Chamarpura village Pawan Yadav had approached the police on May 6 2024 to file a missing complaint for his father Sixtyyearold Narendra Singh had gone to attend a birthday party in a nearby village on the evening of May 5 but did not return home PTI reportedA search led to the discovery of his motorcycle and mobile phone near a culvert in Ranipur village His body was later found in a pond in Nanmai village with visible injuries on his hands and legsDuring the investigation the police arrested Manu of Nanmai village Rishi 28 of Karhal and Abhay of Gadia village for their involvement in the murder A charge sheet was filed against them in courtThe incident stemmed from an illicit relationship between Manu and another man which Narendra Singh had objected to the police saidUttar Pradesh Dismembered body of 29yearold found in cementsealed drumA 27yearold woman and her alleged lover were arrested for stabbing her husband to death dismembering his body and sealing the remains in a drum filled with cement in the Indira Nagar area of Meerut police said on TuesdayThe incident came to light after Saurabh Rajput 29 a merchant navy employee went missing since March 4 An investigation was launched upon receiving information about the case Additional Superintendent of Police ASP Ayush Vikram Singh saidBased on suspicion the police detained his wife Muskan Rastogi and her alleged lover Sahil 25 he addedDuring interrogation the two confessed to stabbing Saurabh to death on March 4 They then chopped up his body placed the remains in a drum and sealed it with cement Singh saidThe body has been sent for postmortem and a case has been registered following a complaint from Saurabhs familyThe accused have been arrested the officer confirmedAccording to the victims family Rastogi attempted to mislead them by sending messages from Rajputs phoneAfter committing the crime she allegedly went on vacation with Sahil to a hill station Singh saidThe police stated that Rajput from Brahmpurirsquos Indranagar Phase 2 had married Rastogi from Gauripura in 2016 Their families were reportedly unhappy with their relationship leading the couple to live separately in a rented house in Indranagar Phase 1 with their threeyearold daughter the police addedWith PTI inputs