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Convict gets death for rape, murder of kid
The New Indian Express Dharmapuri
|December 07, 2024
A fast-track court in West Bengal on Friday awarded capital punishment to Mustakin Sardar for rape-murder of a nine-year-old girl in Jaynagar in October this year.
Sardar was convicted on Friday. The conviction, brought about in 61 days, has been described as rare in the state's judicial history.
This story is from the December 07, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Dharmapuri.
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