<p>Muzaffarnagar (UP): A fast track court in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for killing his wife over dowry demand while falsely showing her death as due to coronavirus.</p>.<p>Judge Nishant Singla awarded 10-year imprisonment to Aas Mohammad and also imposed a fine of Rs 56,000 on him.</p>.<p>The court, however, acquitted Mohammad's mother, Shamima, and his brother, Insaf, citing a lack of evidence.</p>.<p>Government counsel Amit Kumar Tyagi told PTI that the victim, Tabassum, aged about 25 years, was strangled to death at her in-laws' home in Shikarpur village under Bhorakala police station on June 6, 2020.</p>.<p>Her body was buried without informing police, with the family falsely claiming she had died of COVID-19.</p>.<p>During investigation, the police exhumed the body from a local graveyard. A post-mortem confirmed death by strangulation, leading to the conviction. PTI COR ABN ABN KSS KSS</p>
<p>Muzaffarnagar (UP): A fast track court in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for killing his wife over dowry demand while falsely showing her death as due to coronavirus.</p>.<p>Judge Nishant Singla awarded 10-year imprisonment to Aas Mohammad and also imposed a fine of Rs 56,000 on him.</p>.<p>The court, however, acquitted Mohammad's mother, Shamima, and his brother, Insaf, citing a lack of evidence.</p>.<p>Government counsel Amit Kumar Tyagi told PTI that the victim, Tabassum, aged about 25 years, was strangled to death at her in-laws' home in Shikarpur village under Bhorakala police station on June 6, 2020.</p>.<p>Her body was buried without informing police, with the family falsely claiming she had died of COVID-19.</p>.<p>During investigation, the police exhumed the body from a local graveyard. A post-mortem confirmed death by strangulation, leading to the conviction. PTI COR ABN ABN KSS KSS</p>