Agartala, July 5 -- A man has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a woman in 2019, according to a press release issued by Tripura Police on Friday.

The Sessions Judge of Dharmanagar, North Tripura District, found Sanjoy Ghosh, 36, a resident of Sanicharra under Churaibari Police Station, guilty of murdering Kanchanbala Nath.

The crime took place at the victim's residence in East Hurua, Gowala Basti, under the jurisdiction of Dharmanagar Police Station, during the night of June 29-30, 2019.

Ghosh was arrested during the course of the investigation and later charged under Sections 302 (murder) and 380 (theft in dwelling house) of the Indian Penal Code.

The court sentenced him to life imprisonment along wi...