Mohali, May 15 -- A local court on Thursday sentenced a Bihar man to life imprisonment for murdering a vegetable vendor at the Balongi weekly vegetable market in 2023. Convict Kapil Paswan of Rohtas district in Bihar, who has been convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, was residing in Balongi when he stabbed Dalip Kumar to death on the evening of August 13, 2023.

According to the prosecution, the victim had come from Uttar Pradesh two weeks before the incident to meet his sister-in-law Sangeeta, who sold vegetables in the local market. Dalip used to help her in her business. "Convict Kapil Paswan, who was in a relationship with Sangeeta, suspected that she was having an affair with Dalip as well, so he turned up in the veg...