INDIA: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING WIFE, DAUGHTER

in India, a Kottayam district judge sentenced Shanu, alias Shanavas, 32, of Paippad, to death for murdering his wife, Sareena, alias Lovely, 26, and daughter Ameesha, 4. According to the prosecution, Shanavas murdered his wife and daughter by hitting them on head on August 26, 2006.