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Court gives lifer to father-son for murdering kin

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Press Trust of India Rajgarh (MP)
A man and his father were sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in Biora town in the district for murdering the former's wife in 2012.

Additionally, the First Additional Sessions Judge Shamroz Khan yesterday slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on Kailash Verma and his father Ramsingh.

The duo poured kerosene on the woman Shardabai following a family dispute, Additional Public Prosecutor O P Sharma said today.

Shardabai succumbed to her burn injuries on December 15, 2012, he said.

In her dying declaration, she blamed her husband and father-in-law for her ordeal.

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First Published: Mar 22 2016 | 7:08 PM IST

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