A court in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday delivered a shocking judgement and sentenced a 42-year-old IT professional to death. The court also sentenced his married lover to double life imprisonment. The sentence was pronounced for murdering the woman's four-year-old daughter and mother-in-law in 2014 and attempting to murder her husband in 2014. The court while delivering the verdict said the woman's conduct was an "insult to motherhood".
The judge also slapped a fine of over Rs 50 lakh to the accused - Nino Mathew and 30 lakhs fine to Anu Shanti. Going into case details Nino Mathew and Anu Shanti, both software engineers working with an IT company in Technopark. Both fell in love and planned to eliminate those who were opposed to their relationship.
According to prosecution, Nino Mathew, the first accused, had hacked to death his paramour Anu Shanti's daughter Swastika and mother-in-law Omana (60) and also made a vain attempt to murder her husband Lijesh, who escaped with injuries.
The judge observed that it was "the rarest of the rare case" and termed the crime as a "brutal" and "heinous" one. The court directed to pay Rs 50 lakh to Anu Shanti's husband Lijesh, who lost his daughter and Rs 30 lakh to Thankappan Chettiyar, whose wife was murdered by Nino Mathew.
Anu Shanti handed out a double life term to Shanti for helping his paramour to escape after committing the murders by sending him pictures of the escape route he could take. After pronouncement of the judgement, Lijesh said he was fully satisfied with the verdict.
The judge also slapped a fine of over Rs 50 lakh to the accused - Nino Mathew and 30 lakhs fine to Anu Shanti. Going into case details Nino Mathew and Anu Shanti, both software engineers working with an IT company in Technopark. Both fell in love and planned to eliminate those who were opposed to their relationship.
According to prosecution, Nino Mathew, the first accused, had hacked to death his paramour Anu Shanti's daughter Swastika and mother-in-law Omana (60) and also made a vain attempt to murder her husband Lijesh, who escaped with injuries.
The judge observed that it was "the rarest of the rare case" and termed the crime as a "brutal" and "heinous" one. The court directed to pay Rs 50 lakh to Anu Shanti's husband Lijesh, who lost his daughter and Rs 30 lakh to Thankappan Chettiyar, whose wife was murdered by Nino Mathew.
Anu Shanti handed out a double life term to Shanti for helping his paramour to escape after committing the murders by sending him pictures of the escape route he could take. After pronouncement of the judgement, Lijesh said he was fully satisfied with the verdict.