Chaibasa, Jan 30 (PTI) A man was sentenced to death by a court in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Tuesday for murdering his neighbour.

The principal district and sessions court sentenced Saluka Hembram, a resident of Arahasa village in Goilkera police station area, to death after convicting him under IPC section 302 (murder) for killing Ramdhan Hembram who lived in the same neighbourhood with a sharp weapon in September 2019.

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Ramdhan was with his child in his house when Saluka went in, and the two got involved in an altercation over an issue. Saluka then picked up a sharp weapon and attacked Ramdhan fatally, according to the police case.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the convict.

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