A local court today awarded capital punishment to two men for kidnapping, raping and killing a 19-year-old girl in Lonara village in Kalmeshwar in 2005 near here.
Additional District Sessions judge, Vibha Ingle, today awarded the death sentence to Amar Singh Thakur and his accomplice Rajesh Kamble for the rape and murder of village girl, Kanchan Meshram, on December 18, 2005 in Lonara, about 60 kms from Nagpur.
Thakur, who had previously been arrested in connection with a murder of a woman, had escaped from the police custody in 2005 and was hiding in a poultry farm in Lonara village, where he met and befriended Kamble.
A few days later, both of them went to Kanchan's house in the village. However, sensing trouble, the girl ran for out of her house for help. However, they took hold of her and she was taken to a nearby field, where she was sexually assaulted and later killed.
Both of them were absconding after the incident. While Kamble was arrested in 2006, Thakur was held in May, 2010.
