Sister Steffi was also convicted and handed down life imprisonment under the same Section in addition to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for tampering with evidence under Section 201.
A 26-year-old veterinarian, on her way home after visit to a clinic, was raped and burnt alive at Shadnagar. Hours later, her body was found in an underpass on the highway.
The Crime team and the district FSL team immediately rushed to the spot of the crime. It is alleged that Sachin, aged 40, ran away from the spot and later confessed to the crime of murdering his wife and son by posting a message on his family WhatsApp group.
The accused will be produced before a Special CBI court on February 26 in Delhi and the trial will begin after that.
Manish Gupta, a 36-year-old property dealer, had died after being allegedly assaulted by the police at a Gorakhpur hotel which they had raided earlier in September.
During preliminary investigation, it was found that unidentified people entered the residence of former Congress district general secretary Kamlesh Narayan Sharma through a window on Friday night and bludgeoned him to death with an iron rod.
Six policemen were named in the FIR and five of them have been arrested till now while attempts are on to nab one Vijay Yadav, who is still absconding.
Till the time the CBI takes over the inquiry, the special investigation team (SIT) set up for the purpose will probe the matter, transferring the case to Kanpur from Gorakhpur, the statement said.
Incidentally, this victim, in this case, is also named Manish. The deceased, 25-year-old Manish Prajapati was a waiter and a resident of Rewa in Madhya Pradesh.
The wife's paramour Subhash, her sister Krishna and her husband helped her commit the crime.
The accused and the 23-year-old victim were living together in a flat in Sadi Compound of Nallasopara since September 1.
Police said that the accused, Sahebrao Nikalje, allegedly strangulated to death his 45-year-old wife Sushila and later tried to burn her to hide her identity.
The deceased, Nemu Lal, had been missing from his home since Wednesday morning. His body was found in an agriculture field in Chilhar village.
The deceased was identified as Anuj Kumar Gautam of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Kiritsinh Jadeja, who had unsuccessfully contested the Karjan Assembly bypoll in 2020 on a Congress ticket, was arrested along with a cop in latter's wife's murder case.
Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested one more accused in wrestler Sagar Dhankar's murder case.
The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea to restrain the media from 'sensationalising' the trial of wrestler and Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar.
Delhi Police has arrested Rohit Karor, close aide of olympic medallist Sushil Kumar. In this case, 8 people have been arrested so far.
The Northern Railway is set to suspend wrestler Sushil Kumar following his arrest by the Delhi Police in a murder case, a spokesperson said on Monday.
A Faridabad court on Friday sentenced life imprisonment to the two convicts — Tausif and Rehan — in the 2020 Nikita Tomar murder case.
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