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Three Sentenced to Death in Killing of Policeman’s Family
A court in Surajpur has punished four people for the deaths of a police officer’s wife and daughter.
Three men were sentenced to death, and one was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison.
The victims were killed on October 13, 2024.
The case involved Kuldeep Sahu and three associates.
The article says Sahu had earlier thrown hot oil at a police officer who tried to arrest him.
It says he later tried to run over police officers with his car.
Prosecutors told the court that both victims had many injuries.
The judge said the four had been convicted in the double murder.
A fast-track court in Surajpur sentenced three men to death and a fourth to life imprisonment.
The sentences follow convictions in the killing of a police head constable’s wife and 11-year-old daughter.
The killings took place in Surajpur on October 13, 2024; the article also says the case occurred two years before the sentencing.
The court sentenced Kuldeep Sahu, Chandrakant Chaudhary and Phul Singh alias Rinku to death, and Aryan Viswakarma to life imprisonment.
Government counsel said the woman’s body had 33 injury marks and the girl’s had 28.
- Who
- Kuldeep Sahu, Chandrakant Chaudhary, Phul Singh alias Rinku and Aryan Viswakarma were sentenced over the killing of a police head constable’s wife and daughter.
- What
- A fast-track court sentenced three defendants to death and one to life imprisonment after convicting them in the double murder.
- Where
- Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh.
- When
- The killings occurred on October 13, 2024; the court issued the sentences on a Thursday, but the article does not give the date.
- Why
- The article links the events to Sahu’s attempt to evade arrest after violating an order barring him from Surajpur town; it does not establish a specific motive for the killings.
Key facts
- Court
- Fast-Track Court in Surajpur district
- Presiding judge
- District and Additional Sessions Judge Anand Prakash Wariyal
- Death sentences
- Kuldeep Sahu, Chandrakant Chaudhary and Phul Singh alias Rinku
- Life sentence
- Aryan Viswakarma
- Date of killings
- October 13, 2024
- Victims
- A police head constable’s 35-year-old wife and 11-year-old daughter
- Injuries reported
- 33 marks on the woman’s body and 28 on the girl’s body, according to government counsel
Quotes
Suresh Sharma
Government counsel in the case
“The gravity of the offence was very serious and it was committed without any provocation”
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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