11 Years After Woman's Death, Husband, Kin Jailed for 10 Yrs

ELEVEN years after the death of a 25-year-old woman, LB Nagar Sessions Court has convicted three persons, including her husband, for 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Hyderabad

According to prosecution, the woman, Indiramma, had died in 2013 after consuming toddy in which her husband Chandanelly Venkatesh and his mother Yadamma and his maternal uncle Buttatala Manaiah mixed insecticide.

Following her death, her brother Pulapally Kistaiah complained to the Shankarpally police on May 31, 2013 expressing suspicion that she was killed by her husband for a dowry of ₹20,000.

In the complaint, Kistaiah said that his brother-in-law informed him that Indiramma did not wake up in the morning after consuming toddy the previous night. The Shankarpally police had sent the body for post-mortem after conducting a panchanama.