INDIA: 3 GET DEATH FOR KILLING FRIEND

a fast-track court in Bhagalpur, India, awarded capital punishment to Gulab, Asmat and Pipiya for murdering their friend, Mohd Illias, out of jealousy as he planned to marry a girl they fancied. Third additional district and sessions judge Jhoolanand Jha sentenced the three for murdering Illias, a resident of Kabirpur locality in Masudanpur village, with an iron rod and then throwing his body in a well on April 3, 2009. Asmat confessed to the crime.