UP court sentences 24-yr-old to death for killing toddler nephew
AGRA, July 11 -- A court in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district on Friday sentenced a 24-year-old man to death for killing his one-and-a-half-year-old nephew by repeatedly slamming him against the ground after the child's mother turned down his marriage proposal.
District and sessions judge Babbu Sarang convicted Jitendra Pathak alias Viraj in the case on Thursday and sentenced him to death along with a penalty of Rs.50,000 a day after.
According to Aditya Langeh, SSP Firozabad, Viraj killed his nephew Aarav on May 30 by repeatedly slamming him against the ground in a lane in Shikohabad's Yadav colony after his sister-in-law Rati allegedly dismissed his marriage proposal. Later, he also carried the child's body on his shoulder.
He was arrest...
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