Jalpaiguri (WB), Dec 12 (PTI) A court in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for smothering his wife with a pillow around five years ago.

Gopal Das killed his wife Lata in his in-laws' place and hid the body in the septic tank of a neighbour in Bhaktinagar area of the district.

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Jalpaiguri district court's additional third court judge Biplab Roy convicted Das of murdering Lata and pronounced capital punishment for him.

Altogether 18 witnesses were examined in the case.

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Rakesh Singh, DCP (East) of Siliguri Police Commissionerate, said Das killed his wife on April 19, 2019, and dumped the body in the septic tank of a neighbour.

Police began an investigation after filing a case under Section 302 of the IPC (murder) and arrested the husband after a few days.

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