Meerut, Feb. 19 -- : A fast track court in Muzzaffarnagar sentenced four individuals to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of a woman following dispute over pigeon keeping in Mirapur police station area two years ago. Along with the life term, the court has also imposed a fine of Rs.25,000 on each of the convicts, a father-son duo and two brothers.

According to the case details, the incident took place on the evening of June 27, 2023, around 6pm, when an argument escalated over a pigeon. A pigeon belonging to Mannu alias Chhanga had flown onto the roof of a house where a girl named Anam caught it. When Anam and her relative, Farzana Tayyab, stepped out near a small mosque, they were confronted by Mannu, Pappu, Tayyab, and Sartaj. Th...