Meerut, Aug. 9 -- Nearly six years after farmer Narendra Singh was abducted and murdered for allegedly obstructing an illicit relationship, an Amroha court on Friday sentenced three accused-including a former Meerut policeman-to life imprisonment, and another accused to five years in jail for concealing the body. The court also imposed a total fine of Rs.65,000 on the convicts, who were out on bail. Following the verdict, all four were taken into custody and sent to prison.

The incident occurred in Rajabpur police station limits. Narendra Singh, a resident of Shakarpur Samsapur village, left home on his motorcycle for Amroha on September 27, 2019, but did not return. The next day, his wife Balesh Devi found his mobile phone switched off ...