Local court awards capital punsihment to three

Wednesday, October 18, 2006, 17:37 [IST]

Moradabad, Oct 18 (UNI) A local court has awarded capital punsihment to three people who were found guilty human sacrifice (Narbali) in Fattepur Dal village in January, 2004.

Additional District Judge S K Agarwal in his judgement delivered yesterday observed the crime to kill 11 year-old Veer Singh was heineous.

He pronounced that Ram Prasad, Shyam Sunder and Harbhajan be hanged to death for the crime.

The three convicts had kidnapped Veer Singh and killed him before a diety on January 19, 2004. They had later surrendred before the court and confessed to have committed the crime.

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