MEERUT, Aug. 30 -- A court in Shahjahanpur on Friday sentenced a woman and her lover, a public works department (PWD) assistant engineer, to life imprisonment for murdering her 60-year-old mother inside the district magistrate's compound and disfiguring her body with acid two years ago.

According to additional district government counsel (ADGC) Ashish Tripathi, the case dates back to July 2023, when the victim, Rambeti, was found dead under a cot at her servant quarter residence. Her daughter, Pushpa and PWD engineer Rakesh Kumar were later held guilty of the crime.

Prosecution records state Rambeti had objected to Pushpa's closeness with Rakesh, who was posted at the PWD construction division in Shahjahanpur and lived inside the DM com...