Latest News | UP: Man Gets Life Sentence for Killing Woman He Eloped with

Shahjahanpur (UP), Oct 27 (PTI) A local court here sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing a woman he eloped with in 2016.

The court of Additional District judge Pankaj Kumar Srivastav convicted Taslim for killing Soni Devi and imposed a fine of Rs 3.20 lakh on him, Additional District Government Counsel Sripal Verma said.

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In October 2016, Taslim eloped with 18-year-old Soni after luring her. A few weeks later, police arrested him and recovered the woman's body from a field, Verma said.

Taslim later confessed that he killed Soni after hitting her with an iron rod, he said.

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