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Rampur Court Sentences Fiancé and Five Others to Life for 2018 Murder of Zainab

The judge cited a meticulously planned killing to clear the way for the fiancé to marry another woman.

Overview

  • Additional District and Sessions Judge Ajay Kumar Dixit convicted six men of kidnapping, murder, and destroying evidence, imposing life terms with fines of ₹35,000 each.
  • Those convicted are Jahangir, his father Tahir Khan, and associates Imroz, Nisar, Prabhjeet alias Sagar, and Danish.
  • The court found the crime was orchestrated so Jahangir could proceed with marrying another woman after his engagement to Zainab collapsed.
  • Police recovered Zainab’s dismembered body on November 27, 2018, from a farmhouse near the Kosi river after disclosures by the accused.
  • A missing-person FIR was filed on November 13, 2018, at Nagar Kotwali, a charge sheet followed within 40 days, and prosecutors presented 13 witnesses along with a post-mortem report.