India News | J'khand Court Sentences 3 to Life Term for Killing Couple on Suspicion of Practising Witchcraft

Medininagar (Jharkhand), June 9 (PTI) A court in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Monday sentenced three persons to life imprisonment for killing a couple in 2017 on suspicion of practising witchcraft.

District and Sessions Judge-II Pratik Chaturvedi awarded the life sentence to Ramjanam Mehta, Rajkumar Mehta and Dinesh Mehta for hacking Ram Sunder Mehta and his wife Manorama Devi with an axe.

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The court also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on each of the convicts.

Following the double murder, a case was registered at Haidernagar police station based on the statement of the victims' daughter Babita Devi.

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When Babita's brothers Dhirendra Mehta and Dharmendra Mehta had rushed to rescue their parents, they were also attacked.

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