Woman gets life term for murder of daughter-in-law

April 7, 2012

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Kolar, April 7: A Second Additional Sessions Court here has sentenced a woman for life imprisonment for the murder of her daughter-in-law and her son for three years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25,000 each.

Judge Veeranna G Tigadi delivered the verdict.

The convicts Seetamma and her son Srinivas are residents of Dharmarayanagar in the city. Lakshmi, a resident of Maruti?Layout in Srinivaspur, was married to Srinivas in 2001. However, the mother-son duo soon starting harassing her to bring more money.

Srinivas was demanding money to clear off the loans taken for the marriage of his sister Seeta.

On September 24, 2011, Seetamma along with sons Srinivas and Gangadhara Murthy and daughter Seeta, poured kerosene on?Lakshmi and set her ablaze. She was admitted to a hospital, where she died the following day.

The city police submitted a dowry harassment and murder charge sheet against the four in the court. While court found Seetamma and Srinivas guilty, it acquitted Seeta and Gangadharamurthy of the charges.

Srinivas, convicted of dowry harassment, may have to spend another six months in jail failing to pay the fine amount of Rs 25,000.

The court has also ordered a deposit of Rs one lakh each in the names of Srinivas’s children Kushala and Puneeth.

The court has authorised Gouramma, mother of Lakshmi, to spend the interest amount on the education of the children.

Principal Public?Prosecutor Pujari Rudrappa argued on behalf of government while M Srinivas argued on behalf of the accused.


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Moradabad, Jun 17: Two children died after they accidentally got locked inside a car while playing in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, the police said.

Four children, aged between 4 and 7 years, locked themselves inside the car while playing and were found unconscious soon after, the police added.

"All four children were found unconscious in a car and they were taken to the hospital. Two of them died and the other two are undergoing treatment at the hospital," said Amit Kumar Anand, superintendent of police (city) Moradabad.

The children were related to each other, the police said.

The man who owns the car said the children had locked themselves inside. "When we reached, the children were in an unconscious state. Two of the four children died. The incident occurred around 8 am."

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June 29,2020

Khammam, Jun 29: In an outrageous incident, some youths beat up a monkey and strung it up on a tree to death while also releasing dogs to attack it in Ammapalem village in Telangana's Khammam district.

A video of the heinous incident of animal cruelty has surfaced on social media, in which the monkey is seen hanging by a rope from a tree, desperately flailing its limbs while a couple of dogs attempt to pounce on and torment the hapless simian. After a while, several men are seen in the video approaching the animal with long sticks.

Forest officials have charged one villager Venkateshwar Rao under Wildlife Protection Act along with the other accused and arrested them. They were released on bail on Saturday and are set to be summoned for questioning by forest officials.

Rao had spotted the monkey, which had entered his residence apparently in search of food and beat it with a stick and hung it from a tree with the help of his friend.

In the video of the incident, Rao could also be seen instructing his pet dogs to bite the monkey, which was fighting for its life.

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Thane, Apr 24: A 34-year-old man was allegedly attacked on suspicion of being a COVID-19 patient and died after falling into a gutter during the assault in Kalyan town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Wednesday morning, when Ganesh Gupta had stepped out of his home to purchase some essentials amid the COVID-19 lockdown, an official said.

On noticing some policemen manning the street, the victim took an alternate route, where a few passersby assaulted him after he coughed while walking, he said.

The men suspected him of being a COVID-19 patient and attacked him, causing him to fall into a gutter and die, the official said.

The deceased's body was sent for post-mortem and a case of accidental death has been registered as of now, the station house officer of the Khadakpada police station said.

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