Woman gets death sentence for killing toddler

Ludhiana: A local court on Thursday gave death sentence to a woman for killing the two-and-half-year-old girl of her neighbour in 2021 in Punjab.

The court of district and sessions judge Munish Singhal had on April 12 held Neelam (30) guilty for killing Dilroz Kaur.

The court pronounced the judgement on Thursday, said public prosecutor B D Gupta.

The girl was killed on November 28, 2021 in Salem Tabri area here. The woman had some dispute with the girl’s parents. She had kidnapped her on her scooter and buried her alive in a pit dug up in the area.

The case was registered in this regard at the Salemtabri police station.