KANPUR, Jan. 20 -- A court on Tuesday convicted three people, including a private tutor, in the kidnapping and murder of 16-year-old Kushagra Kanodia, a Class 10 student who was abducted while going to his coaching class in October 2023, a crime that triggered widespread outrage in the city. The court will announce the sentence on January 22, with the family seeking the death penalty.

Additional district judge (ADJ-11) Subhash Singh found tuition teacher Rachita Vats, her partner Prabhat Shukla and his friend Aryan alias Shiva Gupta guilty of murder and criminal conspiracy.

Kushagra, a Class 10 student at a private school, was abducted and killed on October 30, 2023, while heading to coaching classes. He was the son of Manish Kanodia, a...