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Woman gets life term for killing her children

05:43 PM Apr 07, 2022 | PTI |

Acourt in Uttar Pradesh’s Shravasti district on Thursday convicted a woman of strangulating her children to death and awarded her life imprisonment.

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On March 27, 2016, Meera Devi, wife of Pradeep Verma and a resident of Madhavapur village, choked her sons Anurag (4) and one-year-old Aryan to death with bare hands, prosecutor K. P. Singh told PTI. She also tried to commit suicide by immolation, but later jumped into a well and was rescued by villagers.

The District Sessions Judge Gaurav Kumar Srivastava also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Meera Devi, Singh said.

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