New Delhi: On Monday, a Delhi court awarded the death penalty to Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla for kidnapping and killing an IT professional Jigisha Ghosh in 2009 in Delhi. Third convict Baljeet Malik was sentenced to life in prison.

Jigisha

Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav said, “To be hanged by neck till death.”

“The offence was committed in a brutal, cold blooded and cruel manner. The victim was helpless and remained in captivity for hours and the convicts brutally mauled her to death. It was an uncivilised act done in a barbaric manner,” he added.

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