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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi

Testimony of boy who witnessed mother’s murder leads to life sentence in India

A protest rally after a woman was allegedly murdered by her in-laws for dowry in Beawar, India in October 2021.
A protest after a woman was allegedly murdered by her in-laws for dowry in Beawar, India in October 2021. The National Crime Records Bureau of India said more than 7,100 dowry deaths were recorded in 2019. Photograph: Sumit Saraswat/Pacific Press/REX/Shutterstock

The testimony of an Indian child who witnessed his father and grandparents murder his mother in the living room of his home when he was four years old has led to their imprisonment for life.

A court in Aligarh sentenced the boy’s father, Ashok Singh, and his paternal grandparents, Munnalal and Savitri Singh, for the murder of Sadhna Singh in 2015 in a dispute over a dowry payment.

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