Uttar Pradesh: Four family members receive death sentence for a double-murder

Badaun: A local court in this area sentenced four family members to death in connection with the 2017 slaying of a young couple. According to the prosecution’s attorney, Anil Kumar Singh, District Judge Pankaj Agrawal on Thursday sentenced Kishanpal, his wife Jaldhara, and their sons Vijaypal and Ramveer to death. Pappu Singh, a resident of Uraina village, filed a complaint against the four on May 14, 2017, alleging that they killed his son Govind (24) and Kishanpal’s daughter Asha (22) with an axe over their love affair. It was alleged that before the murder, Govind and Asha were called back to the village from Delhi on the pretext of marriage and Kishanpal hit Govind on his head with an axe from behind, killing him. The four convicts also attacked Asha and killed her when she tried to save Govind. The couple had earlier left for Delhi and had started living there after being forbidden by their families to meet each other, Anil said. The neighbours had seen the family members taking the bodies for disposal and had informed the police after which Kishanpal was arrested on the same day followed by the arrest of the other family members two days later. Read all the **_Latest News_** _, _ **_Trending News_** _, _ **_Cricket News_** _, _ **_Bollywood News_** _, _ **_India News_** and **_Entertainment News_** here. Follow us on Facebook_, _ Twitter and Instagram_._