Maha man gets life imprisonment for murder
A court in Thane in Maharashtra Thursday convicted a 50-year-old man for murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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Thane: A court in Thane in Maharashtra Thursday convicted a 50-year-old man for murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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Swamidayal Jaikaran Varma was also fined Rs 2,000 by Thane District Judge SP Gondhalekar.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Ujwalla Moholkar said Varma had a quarrel with fellow Kalwa resident Krupa Ramsagar Pathak (24) over a trivial issue.
On May 26, he hit Pathak with an iron rod and killed him while the victim was asleep near Kalika Mata Mandir in Kalwa township, the APP said.
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Varma confessed to his employer about the incident and then tried to flee to Uttar Pradesh but was nabbed by police, the APP said.(PTI)