A court in Maharashtra s Wardha has sentenced, to life imprisonment, the convict in the sensational incident in which a young woman lecturer was doused with petrol and set afire by him on a road outside her college in Hinganghat town two years ago, a top law officer said on Thursday.
With extensive 35-40 per cent Grade III dermal burns on face, head, respiratory system, Ankita fought for 168-hours but breathed her last after her heart, lungs and kidneys collapsed.
A sessions court that denied bail to decorated police inspectors Nandkumar Gopale and Asha Korke in an extortion case in which former city police chief Param Bir Singh is their co-accused, has said in its detailed order that being police officers they were expected to protect people, but material reveals that were involved in collecting extortion money by taking undue advantage of their post.