SHAMLI: A local court in Shamli sentenced a 37-year-old woman, Rajesh Devi, and her paramour Pradeep Kumar, 39, to life imprisonment for killing her husband based on the testimony of her six-year-old son Kartikey Singh. The crime dates back to June 12, 2018, when the victim, Dharamvir Singh, 35, was strangled by his wife with the help of her lover for opposing their illicit relationship.
The body was, thereafter, hanged to a door to present it as suicide. The entire act was witnessed by the child, who is now 11 years old and studies in class V at Khekra village of UP’s Baghpat district, where his paternal aunt lives. The boy had narrated the crime to his grandfather and later to police and before the court.
Following the judgment, the boy told TOI on Tuesday: “My mother died for me the day she killed my loving father. When I grow up, I want to become a police officer who can bring such offences to justice.”
The FIR was filed on November 1, 2018, almost five months after the crime which occurred in Malaindi village of Shamli district.
District government counsel (DGC), Sanjay Chauhan, said, “On November 17, 2018, both Rajesh Devi and Pradeep Kumar were arrested and sent to jail.
The body was, thereafter, hanged to a door to present it as suicide. The entire act was witnessed by the child, who is now 11 years old and studies in class V at Khekra village of UP’s Baghpat district, where his paternal aunt lives. The boy had narrated the crime to his grandfather and later to police and before the court.
Following the judgment, the boy told TOI on Tuesday: “My mother died for me the day she killed my loving father. When I grow up, I want to become a police officer who can bring such offences to justice.”
The FIR was filed on November 1, 2018, almost five months after the crime which occurred in Malaindi village of Shamli district.
District government counsel (DGC), Sanjay Chauhan, said, “On November 17, 2018, both Rajesh Devi and Pradeep Kumar were arrested and sent to jail.
