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Indian court sentences 11 to death for killing woman
A court in India’s West Bengal has awarded death penalty to 11 people convicted of murdering a woman over a land dispute in Nadia district.
Published : 5 Feb 2016, 05:46 AM
Updated : 5 Feb 2016, 05:46 AM
The Nadia district court on Thursday sentenced to death them, who had shot dead Aparna Bag during her attempt to prevent them from grabbing land in Joyghata panchayat in Krishnagunge on Nov 23, 2014.
Two other women and a minor had sustained bullet injuries in the incident.
The prosecution had charge-sheeted 12 people in the case, with one of them still absconding.
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