India, April 24 -- A 27-year-old woman from Assam's Cachar district, who allegedly murdered her two minor daughters by drowning them in a pond following a dispute with her husband in 2023, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a fast track court.

Additional sessions judge (Fast Track Court) Bankim Sharma on Thursday convicted Ajmira Begum Laskar for the murder of her daughters, three-years-old and 10 months old, under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

According to police records, the incident took place at Baurikandi Part-1 in Sonai on September 1, 2023, following alleged marital discord between Ajmira and her husband, Babul Haque Laskar, a daily wage labourer.

During interrogation after her arrest, Ajmira confe...