Man gets life term for killing father-in-law with iron rod in UP's Deoria

DEORIA (UP): (Mar 18) A court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his father-in-law with an iron rod nearly a decade ago, officials said on Wednesday.

According to Assistant District Government Counsel Harendra Nishad, the incident took place on the night of August 17, 2016, in Badhya Tiwari village under Gauri Bazar police station limits.

The accused, Harikesh Yadav alias Shailesh Yadav, had gone to his in-laws' house and got into an argument with his wife Sarita over a mobile phone conversation. As the dispute escalated, his father-in-law Ram Niwas intervened to pacify the situation.