GUWAHATI: A fast track court on Saturday, August 3, awarded the death penalty to Govind Singhal, the prime accused in the Shweta Agarwal murder case.
Singhal’s mother Kamla Devi Singhal and sister Bhawani Singhal were sentenced to life imprisonment.
The court had convicted the three accused on July 31.
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The crime took place in December 2017 and while investigation, Govind Singhal confessed to the murder and explained to the police the pre and post-murder circumstances and how he later tried to cover up the murder by putting the body into a gunny bag and then also chose to burn it.
At the time of the incident, Shweta was a student of 5th semester B Com student in KC Das Commerce College. Her charred body was found in the bathroom of the rented house of the Singhals.
According to reports, Shweta visited Govind’s house (Boyfriend) on December 4, 2017 at Shantipur locality of the city. However, both picked up a fight on the issue of the marriage and out of anger Govind smashed her head into a wall.
Police report states that she died after she was set on fire by Govind, his mother and sister.