Man gets life term for wife's murder on daughter's testimony

Relying primarily on the testimony of a nine-year-old girl, a sessions court here has convicted her father, a naval officer, for murdering his wife.

Upendra Rai (35) was been sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday for murdering his wife Vandana (32) on October 24, 2005 on suspicion of having an illicit relationship.

On the day of the incident, the accused came to his residence in an inebriated state around 2330 hours and picked up a fight with his wife and started assaulting her physically...

Men must help stop violence against women

The incidents of violence against women are rising in the district and a lot of work is needed to raise awareness about such problems in the region: Said Dr Sanjay, reader in the department of Social Work, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth and regional coordinator of Men's Action for Stopping Violence Against Women (MASVAW), while talking to TOI on Monday.

Referring to the registered cases of violence against women in the district, he said as many as 193 murders had been reported till September 2008, against 168 murders in 2007. Similarly, other kinds of violence against women, say dowry and eve-teasing, had been also been increasing during that period, he added...

Man gets life term for wife’s murder

A lower court today awarded life imprisonment to one 52-year-old man for the murder of his wife in 2006.

District and Sessions Judge Kewal Krishna Garg pronounced the judgment to Nirmal Singh for the murder of his wife Malkiat Kaur under Section 302 of the IPC. The couple’s son Ajit Pal Singh (23), meanwhile, was acquitted of all charges.

On November 16, 2006, Nirmal and his son had surrendered to the police, claiming they had murdered Malkiat a night before. Nirmal had told the police that Malkiat called him impotent and a worthless man on the night of the murder, after which, they decided to kiil her...