Sunday, December 23, 2018

Court hands death penalty to man for burning alive brother, nephews (Uttar Pradesh)



Published: July 31, 2017 10:35 PM IST

Bijnor (UP), Jul 31 (PTI) A local court today awarded the death penalty to a man for burning alive his brothers and two nephews.

Additional District and Sessions Judge G Pushtam Rajnish Kumar found Imran guilty and announced the death sentence. According to the prosecution counsel, Imran was upset over a “minor issue”. A resident of Mugalshah area of the city, he burnt his brother Naushad and two nephews Irshad and Islamuddin after pouring petrol on them when they were asleep.

He then locked the door from the outside and fled. All three succumbed to their injuries later. The incident occurred on the night of Aug 6, 2014.

This is published unedited from the PTI feed.

Source: https://www.india.com/news/agencies/court-hands-death-penalty-to-man-for-burning-alive-brother-nephews-2367525/ (Accessed 23 December 2018)

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