The woman and her friend were both found guilty of the murder by the court (representative)
Shahjahanpur, UP:
A court in UP’s Shahjahanpur on Saturday sentenced a British national to death for killing her husband, a non-resident Indian, with the help of a friend seven years ago, a government lawyer said.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Pankaj Kumar Srivastava held Ramandeep Kaur, wife of the victim – Sukhjeet Singh, guilty.
Her friend and accomplice, Gurpreet Singh, was also held guilty, sentenced to life in prison and ordered to pay a fine of Rs 3 lakh.
Gurpreet was held guilty under the Arms Act and sentenced to three years in jail and a fine of Rs 10,000.
Additional District Government Advocate Shree Pal Verma said Sukhjeet Singh (34), a resident of Basantapur under Banda police station, went to England in 2002 for a job. There he befriended Ramandeep Kaur, a resident of Derby.
Sukhjeet worked as a driver and then married Ramandep in 2005.
On July 28, 2016, Sukhjeet, Ramandeep and their sons came to Shahjahanpur for a holiday.
“On September 1, 2016, when Sukhjeet was sleeping with his sons Arjun and Aryan, he was attacked with an edged weapon by Ramandeep and her boyfriend Gurpreet Singh,” Mr Verma said, adding that Arjun was nine years old and Aryan was seven. in that time.
Both Ramandeep and Gurpreet were arrested and jailed.
After Sukhjeet’s murder, Ramandep’s parents went to a court in England to seek custody of their grandchildren. However, the court rejected their request and said that the children should live with their paternal relatives.
“During the hearing in India, Arjun told the court that he was sleeping with his father when his mother smothered her husband with a pillow. Then Gurpreet hit Sukhjeet on the head with a hammer. After that, Gurpreet took a knife from his pocket and gave it to Ramandeep, who slit Sukhjeet’s throat,” Verma said.
Reacting to the verdict, Sukhjeet’s mother Vanshjeet Kaur said, “I feel relieved. My prayers were answered and I got what I expected from the court. I demanded death penalty for Ramandeep so that no mother’s child dies like this.”
Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Meena said information about the verdict is being sent to the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs and the High Commission.
Asked whether a British citizen could be sentenced to death by a court in India, Mr Verma said: “Why not? She committed a crime here and this was her in-laws’ house. She stayed here. Before she committed the crime, she was in Shahjahanpur, and she was also in Shahjahanpur after the crime.
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