Report: 2 sentenced to death in India drain murder

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

NEW DELHI (AP) — A court sentenced an Indian man and his servant to death Friday for the rape and murder of a teenage girl, news reports said, in a case linked to the deaths of 18 other people whose bodies were found in a neighborhood storm drain.

Judge Rama Jain said the crime fell in the "rarest of rare" category deserving capital punishment, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.

The two men — businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant, Surender Koli — were found guilty Thursday of murder, rape, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence in connection with the 14-year-old girl's death. The men can appeal to a higher court.

The girl's dismembered remains were among those of 19 women and children found in a storm drain next to Pandher's house. The two defendants also face criminal charges in the other 18 deaths, PTI reported.



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Yipes! I'm against the DP, but I'm hard-pressed to drum up sympathy for these guys.

[get the red out]

1. As people tend to say at times.....

if it is part of "their culture" (their punishment in this case) we have no right to complain.

I guess sick nut-cases like this turn up on all parts of the planet. He sounds like India's Ted Bundy.

[YOY]

2. Betcha if they dug deeper they'd find more serial killers in their society.

Happens everywhere...sick puppies.

[freemedic78]

3. They gotta do something to protect their citizens

Sorry I believe they should be put to death for their crimes.

[YOY]

4. That's up to India to decide.

If true serial killers there is no chance of rehab that I know of.

[Kali]

5. jeebus, that must have stunk like hell, didn't anybody notice?