A court sentenced Anoop Verma to death for the murder of his 10-year-old cousin, Vivek Verma, in a human sacrifice ritual influenced by a tantrik. Despite a lack of evidence against accomplices, Anoop ...

Lucknow: The brutal murder of a 10-year-old boy in Bahraich was triggered by blind faith and superstition after the accused was misled into believing that a human sacrifice would cure his ailing child ...

The court observed the crime fell in the “rarest of rare” category and that the accused deserved the maximum punishment ...

Lucknow: Observing that the crime fell within the "rarest of rare" category due to its brutality, breach of trust, and calculated planning, a sessions court in Bahraich on Friday awarded death penalty ...