India News | UP Court Sentences Man to Death for Murder

Budaun (UP), Apr 7 (PTI) A special court here has sentenced a person to death for murdering a Dalit man last year.

Special SC/ST court judge Mahendra Singh also slapped a fine of Rs 1.4 lakh on the convict on Wednesday, prosecution lawyer Aishwarya Rajput told PTI.

Also Read | New York | We Would Like to Put This Draft Resolution to Vote and Call on All Present Here … – Latest Tweet by ANI.

Narrating the case, Rajput said that on September 21, 2020, a 65-year-old Nathu Lal was attacked with a shovel in Din Nagar Shekhupur village in the Bilsi police station area here by the convict, Roop Kishore.

Lal, who used to work in a field, was packing a water pipe around midnight when Kishore approached him and asked for the pipe, the lawyer said.

Also Read | India Ready To Continue Working With Sri Lanka for Post-COVID Economic Recovery, Says MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

When Lal refused, Kishore attacked him with a shovel and severed his neck, she said.

The owner of a tubewell who was present at the spot informed the victim's family about the incident. Following this, the victim's relatives caught Kishore and handed him over to the police, she added.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)