In Aligarh, a woman, her mother, and three siblings received life sentences for the 2022 murder of her husband, Shafiq. The conviction followed testimony from the victim's 11-year-old daughter, who witnessed the crime. The court heard how the family attacked Shafiq after a domestic dispute, hid his body for two days, and then dumped it near a water tank.
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