Man gets death sentence for rape and murder

CHHATARPUR: A special court in Madhya Pradesh has awarded death sentence to a 25-year-old man for raping and killing an elderly woman. Special judge Naurin Nigam pronounced the sentence to the accused, Akhbar Khan, on Wednesday. Khan had raped the 75-year-old woman when she was alone at her home in Chhatarpur city on February 21, 2017. When she tried to resist his move, he inflicted injuries to her private parts following which she died on February 28, Madhya Pradesh Director General, Prosecution, Rajendra Kumar, said.The accused was nailed on the basis of samples collected from the woman’s body which matched with the samples of the clothes worn by the accused while committing the crime.