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Woman, paramour gets life term for murdering husband

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sanjeev Kumar sentenced 37-year-old Rekha and his 22-year-old lover Naveen Dabas, her children's private tutor, for killing her husband Vinod last year by stabbing him repeatedly.

The court, in its 141-page judgement, held Rekha and Naveen guilty of murdering the man and destroying evidence of their crime and said the duo had broken the victim's trust.

"Convict Naveen was working as teacher of children of Rekha and deceased Vinod and they had developed intimacy and conspired to kill the victim to remove him from their way.

"Thus both Rekha and Naveen had broken the trust of Vinod and the untimely death of the deceased has taken away shelter, love and affection from

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First Published: May 21 2012 | 5:05 PM IST

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