Uttar Pradesh court sentences man to death for killing 6 people

Additional sessions judge of a local court in Uttar Pradesh awarded death sentence to a person for killing six members of a family seven years ago over a property dispute in Pilkhar village. The accused had sold his land to gamble and was eying his brother's property.

Etawah (UP): A local court here has awarded death sentence to a person in connection with the murder of six members of a family seven years ago over a property dispute.

Suresh Chand Yadav and his five family members were killed while they were sleeping on the night of May 26, 2012, in Pilkhar village here and a case had been lodged against his younger brother, Ram Pratap, alias Tillu, additional district government counsel DK Tiwari said.

Additional sessions judge Vijay Kumar had pronounced Ram Pratap guilty on March 21 and awarded him a death sentence on Thursday, he said.

The accused had sold his land to gamble and was eying his brother's property, Tiwari added.

(PTI Report)