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Thane: Man gets life in prison for murdering senior citizen
Updated On: 24 April, 2023 08:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
The prosecutor said the court relied on the deposition of the prosecution witnesses, especially the building’s security guard who identified Nambiyar
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The accused strangulated her with a wire before fleeing with her jewellery. Representation pic
A court in Thane district sentenced a man to life imprisonment for robbing a 62-year-old woman of her jewellery and killing her in 2011. District and Additional Sessions Judge Rajeev P Pande, in the order passed on April 19, also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the accused Santosh Shridhar Nambiyar, 43. A copy of the order was made available on Saturday.
Additional Public Prosecutor Y M Patil told the court that on March 7, 2011, Nambiyar entered the house of Geeta Vallabh Pokhle in the Dombivli when she was alone. He strangled her using an electric wire and fled with her gold jewellery. When Pokhle’s daughter returned, she found her dead and alerted the police.
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