Life imprisonment awarded to ex-SSP, others in murder case

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 23: Principal Sessions Judge, Jammu, Jang Bahadur Singh Jamwal today awarded life-imprisonment to eight accused including then SSP Karnail Singh and his wife Ratno Devi. According to the police case, Nitin Sharma, a driver by profession, had developed relations with the daughter of then SSP Karnail Singh and later they entered into wed-lock on March 31, 2005, against the wishes of Karnail Singh and his wife. Soon after the marriage, they fled to unknown location and stayed there for sometime before returning back to Jammu. On her return, Karnail Singh kept his daughter under strict vigil following which she jumped from the roof top to meet her husband. In the incident she sustained injuries on her both legs and she became unable to walk for certain perio