Kerala court sentences Bangladeshi to death for murder of elderly couple in 2019

Mavelikkara: A sessions court in Kerala has sentenced to death a Bangladesh national for the murder of an elderly couple in November 2019 at Venmony village of Chengannur taluk in Alappuzha district.

Additional District and Sessions Judge-II Kenneth George on Tuesday sentenced Labloo Hasan, the first accused, to death for the murder of the elderly couple as well as life terms for each of the offences of causing hurt using a deadly weapon during a robbery and trespassing into a house for committing an offence punishable with death.

The second accused, Juval Hasan, who is also a Bangladesh national, was spared the death penalty and was sentenced to life imprisonment for each of the offences of murder, causing hurt using a deadly weapon during a robbery and trespassing into a house for committing an offence punishable with death.

The court said all the sentences would run concurrently. Besides that, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 4 lakh on each of them. — (PTI)