Mom gets life in jail for murder of 2 girls
Jhansi: The Special District EC Act court judge, Bhartendra Singh on Saturday sentenced a 29-year-old woman to
life imprisonment
and imposed a fine of Rs twenty thousand on Saturday for killing both her daughters by strangulation in Jalaun district.
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According to DGC (Crime) Lakhan Lal Niranjan, the incident took place on August 28, 2020, in village Chirakali under Kotra police station of the district. The woman's husband Mahendra Singh had gone to graze his cattle while his mother, Guddi Devi was at the farm.
His wife Pratima was alone in the house with their daughters, Mahi, aged 4 years, and ten-month-old Roshni.
Upon returning, Guddi Devi found the doors locked.
She repeatedly attempted to gain entry but failed. Later, she accessed the house from the neighbourhood terrace and inside found both girls lying dead, with Pratima seated in an incoherent state.
Pratima later confessed to killing both girls, though the motive remains unknown.
A case was filed against her under section 302 IPC. On Saturday, Pratima was awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs twenty thousand.
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